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Capital of Germany?

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Berlin

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Capital of France?

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Paris

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Capital of Italy?

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Rome

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Capital of Belgium?

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Brussels

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Capital of the Netherlands?

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Amsterdam

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Capital of Luxembourg?

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Luxembourg City

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Capital of Uk?

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London

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Capital of Denmark?

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Copenhagen

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Capital of Republic of Ireland?

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Dublin

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Capital of Greece?

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Athens

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Capital of Spain?

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Madrid

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Capital of Portugal?

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Lisbon

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Capital of Finland?

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Helsinki

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Capital of Austria?

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Vienna

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Capital of Sweden?

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Stockholm

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Capital of Hungary?

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Budapest

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Capital of Poland?

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Warsaw

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Capital of Czech Republic?

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Prague

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Capital of Slovak Republic?

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Bratislava

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Capital of Slovakia?

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Ljubljana

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Capital of Estonia?

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Tallinn

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Capital of Latvia?

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Riga

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Capital of Lithuania?

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Vilnius

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Capital of Malta?

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Valletta

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Capital of Cyprus?

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Nicosia

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Capital of Romania?

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Bucharest I

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Capital of Bulgaria?

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Sofia

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Capital of Croatia?

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Zagreb

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Source means?

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Start of the river

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Mouth means?

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End of river

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Tributary means?

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A smaller river that joins a larger river

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Confluence means?

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The point where two rivers join

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Watershed means?

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The boundary between two drainage basins

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Drainage basin means?

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The area which is drained by a river, it’s boundary’s and tributary’s

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Meander means?

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A sweeping bend in the river

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What type of system is the hydrologic system?

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A closed system

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What type of system is a drainage basin?

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A closed system

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What does the EU do?

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The EU produces guidelines on a whole range of issues including health, hygiene, pollution levels and transport. The EU members try to maintain peace throughout the world.

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Dates of EU enlargement?

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1957 (treaty of rome)
1973
1981
1986
1995
2004
2007
2013
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Enlargement means?

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More countries joining the EU. The EU getting bigger.

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What are the advantages of EU membership?

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European funds
Cheap flights
Consumer protection
Clean rivers and clean air (pollution levels)
Foreign study
Pet passports 
Food labelling
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Disadvantages of EU membership?

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Loss of economic control
Mass immigration and crime 
Border control
Too many members, this causes arguments
Threats to sovereignty 
Fishing and agricultural policies are damaged
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What is evaporation within the water cycle?

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Evaporation: the process where water changes from a liquid to a water vapour.

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What is condensation?

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Condensation is the process where cooling water vapour turns into a liquid.

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What is precipitation?

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Precipitation is any water that falls on the earths surface. Eg rain,hail,snow or sleet.

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What is surface runoff?

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The movement of water over land possibly as a river

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What is transpiration?

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Plants giving off water from their leaves (trees sweating)

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What is groundwater?

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Water that has sunk into the rocks and soil below.

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What are the 6 stages in the water cycle?

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Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Surface runoff
Transpiration (trees sweating)
Groundwater
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What is a drainage basin?

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The area which is drained by the river, its boundary so and tributarys

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Name the 7 stages of the drainage basin

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Source
Mouth
Watershed
Drainage basin
Meander
Tributary
Confluence
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Source is?

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The start of the river

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Mouth is?

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The end of the river (where it meets the sea)

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Tributary is?

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When a smaller river joins a larger river

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Confluence is?

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The point where 2 rivers join

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Watershed is?

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The boundary between 2 drainage basins

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Meander is?

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A sweeping bend in the river

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What are the 4 processes of erosion (wearing away land)

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Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Attrition
Corrosion

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Hydraulic action is?

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The process where the force of the water hits the bed and banks.

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Abrasion is?

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The wearing down of the bed and banks by the rivers load. The river throws these particles against the bed and banks sometimes at high velocity (like sandpaper)

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Attrition is?

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The material (the load) carried by the river bump into each other and are so smoothed. This make the rocks easier to break into smaller particles.

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Corrosion is?

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Some acids in the water react with the river water to dissolve the bed and banks.

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What are the 4 processes of transportation?

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Traction
Saltation
Suspension
Solution

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Traction is?

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The rocks and boulders being rolled along the river bed at high discharge (in a flood)

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Saltation is?

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Sand sized particles are bounced along the river bed by the flow of water

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Suspension is?

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Fine clay and sand particles are carried along within the water even at low discharges (small stream)

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Solution is?

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Some minerals dissolve in the water like calcium carbonate. This requires very little energy.

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River deposition is?

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The material a river carries is called its load.
When it reaches flatter land the river slows down. It no longer gas the energy to carry its load, so it deposits it. The deposited material is called sediment. The river deposits the heavier stones first.

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The 5 stages of a waterfall are?

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The river flows over the hard rock and erodes the soft rock.
The river erodes the soft rock using hydraulic action and abrasion
A plunge pool is deepened below the waterfall. The ledge/overhang is no longer supported.
The overhang collapses. The rock falls into the plunge pool.
These processes are repeated. The waterfall moves upstream to form a gorge.

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Meander hypothesis?

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The faster current is always on the outer bend

All meanders have river cliffs and slip off slopes

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A meander is?

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A meander is a sweeping bend in the river

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Describing the meander cross section

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Our meander has sides that are not the same. One side is steep and one side is gentle. The steep side is the outside and the gentle side is the inside. The left is the outside of the bend. The right is the inside of the bend.

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Explain the meander cross section

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The outside is steep because it is eroding along the fastest flow of the river. The river is using hydraulic action and abrasion. The steep side has lots of energy to erode quickly. It creates the river cliff depth.

The inside is gentle because it has less energy so it has a slower flow. This creates a slip off slope. It takes the river longer to erode because it does not have enough energy. To solve this problem the river deposits its boulders. The river becomes very shallow.

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Oxbow lakes (8 stages)

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(1) . Meander starts as a slight bend. Water flows faster on the outside of the bend than the inside.
(2) . Outside of bend erodes and material is deposited on the inside of the bend.
(3) . The erosion and deposition turns the bend into a meander
(4) . The meander bends more and more over time until the meander becomes a tight loop
(5) . When the water level is really high the river has enough energy to go straight across rather than round it.
(6) . This is called a meander cut off
(7) . The river keeps its new route so the meander is left as an oxbow lake.
(8) . Over time the oxbow lake silts up dries out and plants grow over it

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Flood plains

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Floodplains and levees are formed by deposition in times of river flood. The river’s load is composted of different sized particles. Every time the river deposition , hauls up the flood plains.

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What are floods?

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Floods occur when a river gets more water than its channel can hold. Water flows over the banks and onto the flood.

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What causes floods?

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Floods are usually caused by heavy rain but sometimes by ice and snow melting

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What is a flash flood and what causes it?

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A flash flood is a flood that happens extremely quickly and without warning. It is caused by:

Impermeable rock such as granite under the soil so the rain cannot soak through the soil
Hard dry soil which is baked hard by dry weather rain can’t soak through easily it will run over instead
Very wet soil which is already saturated and cannot hold anymore water.
Steep slope which rain runs over quickly before it has a chance to soak through the ground
Cutting down trees, leaves intercept rain and roots help infiltration
Building in the drainage basin means that the water cannot get through the buildings.

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Impacts of flooding (pros and cons)

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Advantages
Flooding deposits fine silt into the flood plain making it very fertile and excellent for farming.
Replenishes groundwater

Disadvantages
Damage to home and processions
Income from tourism can be lost
Vast number of insurance claims
Loss of life
Damage to construction lines and other important structures
Stranded animals
Loss of livestock
Destroyed crops
79
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Date of boscastle flood

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16th april 2004

80
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How much rain fell over boscastle in 4 hours

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200 mm

Geography Y9 (4 decks)

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