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1
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Countries in Great Britain

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England Scotland Wales

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Countries in United Kingdom 🇬🇧

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England, Wales, Scotland Northern Ireland

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Capital cities in Uk

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London, Belfast, Cardiff Edinburgh

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Islands in Uk

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Isle of Man, Orkney islands, Hebrides

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Major cities in Uk

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Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Leicester, Bristol

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What are spot heights

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Shown as a black dot with a number next to it on a map showing the exact height of a point on the map

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What is Layer contouring

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Areas of height are shown as bands of different colours there is always a key to show the height

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What are Contours

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They are lines drawn on a map joining places with the same height, most have their height marked on

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What is transpiration

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Transfer of water from plants into water vapour in the air

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What is surface runoff/water

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Transfer of water to sea over ground surface

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What is Ground water

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Transfer of water through the ground back to sea

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What is the watershed

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An area of highland forming the edge of a river basin

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What is to river basin

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An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

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What is the mouth

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Where a river flows into a lake or sea

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What is the source

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Where the river begins

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What is the channel

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Where the river flows

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What is the confluence

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The point where two rivers meet

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What is a tributary

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A stream or small river flowing into a main river

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What is erosion

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The wearing away of rocks stones and soil

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What is deposition

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Deposition is the dropping of material when the river loses its energy after reaching flatter ground. It deposits the largest stones first followed by the smaller ones

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What is transportation

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Transportation is the movement of material, the more energy a river has, the larger the load it can carry

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What is a waterfall

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A steep fall of a river

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What is hard rock

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The layer of rock on top of soft rock in the waterfall

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What is the plunge pool

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The area where the water from the waterfall falls

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What is an overhang

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An overhang is when the soft rock gets eroded leaving an overhang of hard rock in a waterfall

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What is a meander

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A large curve or bend in a river

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Where is the fast flow in a meander

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The fast flow is on the outside bend where erosion occurs and in the deep channel

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Where is the slow flow in a meander

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The slow flow is in the inside Ben near the small beach and in the shallow channel

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What and where is our case study

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It’s the Australia 2010/11 floods in Queensland (north west of Australia)

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What is the watershed

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An area of highland forming the edge of a river basin

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What is the river basin

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An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

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What is the mouth

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Where a river flows into a lake or sea

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What is the source

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Where the river begins

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What is the channel

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Where the river flows

35
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What is the confluence

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The point where two rivers meet

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What is a tributary

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A stream or small river flowing into a main river

37
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What is erosion

A

The wearing away of rocks stones and soil

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What is deposition

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Deposition is the dropping of material when the river loses its energy after reaching flatter ground. It deposits the largest stones first followed by the smaller ones

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What is transportation

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Transportation is the movement of material, the more energy a river has, the larger the load it can carry

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What is a waterfall

A

A steep fall of a river

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What is hard rock

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The layer of rock on top of soft rock in the waterfall

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What is the plunge pool

A

The area where the water from the waterfall falls

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What is an overhang

A

An overhang is when the soft rock gets eroded leaving an overhang of hard rock in a waterfall

44
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What is a meander

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A large curve or bend in a river

45
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Where is the fast flow in a meander

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The fast flow is on the outside bend where erosion occurs and in the deep channel

46
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Where is the slow flow in a meander

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The slow flow is in the inside Ben near the small beach and in the shallow channel

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What and where is our case study

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It’s the Australia 2010/11 floods in Queensland (north east of Australia)

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What is Hydraulic action

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The sheer force of water breaking the cliff face

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What is Attrition

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When the rocks collide with each other getting smaller

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What is abrasion

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When the rocks get carried by the water and they act like sandpaper wearing away the cliff

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What is corrosion

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The chemical reaction between the sea and some rock types

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What is a beach

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An area of sand, shingle or rock along a coast

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What is a spit

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An extended stretch of beach stretching out to the sea and is joined to the mainland at one end

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What is a bar

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When a spit joins one part of the main land to another

55
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What is The Holderness coast

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Our erosion case study in Yorkshire where there is a lot of erosion along the coast

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Why is the Holderness coast vulnerable

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The coast is made of softer Boulder clay which is easily eroded
The beaches are narrow providing less protection from waves
The coastal defences are further north making waves travel south to the coast

57
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Effects of Holderness coat erosion

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Gas terminal at risk
Businesses at risk
People will loose their jobs
Houses at risk of collapsing
Property prices have plummeted 
80,000m2 of farm land is lost every year
58
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What is suspension

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Finer sand particles carried along with the flow of the river
TIP💡 SUSpension Susan is a fine pensioner who gets carried

59
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What is Traction

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Large boulders rolled along the river bed

TIP💡think of TRACTion in traction as a tractor, tractors are big and roll and long the floor

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What is saltation

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Smaller pebbles are bounced along the river bed

TIP💡SALTation salt is small and bounces along the floor

61
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What is solution

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Minerals dissolved in the water

62
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What are the 6 oceans

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Arctic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
Southern ocean
63
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What are the 7 continents

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Europe
North America
South America
Africa
Asia
Australasia
Antarctica
64
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Where are rainforests normally found

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Near the equator

65
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What sort of weather do rainforests have

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Rainy and high temperatures 🌦☀️🌧

66
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In which mountains is the source of the River Amazon

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The Andes

67
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Name the layers of the rainforest

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Emergents, canopy, under storey/canopy and forest floor

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Name the two features of the rainforest

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Vines/lianas/canopy and buttress roots

69
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How are drip tip leaves adapted

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The tip and waxy surfaces let the rain drip off so it doesn’t damage the leaf

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