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YEAR 9 KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER (YEAR 9 DONE✔😁) > GEOGRAPHY > Flashcards

GEOGRAPHY Flashcards

1
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Climate change

A

changes in long term temperature and rainfall

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2
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Quaternary period

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last 2.6 million years ,the last ice age

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3
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Glacial period

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cooler than average temperatures

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4
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Inter glacial period

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warmer than average temperature

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5
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Global warming

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Increase in global average temperature

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6
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Environmental refugees

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People who have to move due to climate change

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7
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Ice cores

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Provide data for the past 800,000 years

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8
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Human causes of climate change

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Burning fossil fuels, Deforestation, Cattle farming

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9
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Natural causes for climate change

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Sunspots, Orbital theory,Volcanic eruptions

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10
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MWP impacts

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Drought in California, Wine grapes grown in northern England

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11
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LIA impacts

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Food prices increased, Fish migrated further south

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12
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Polar region in south

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Antartic

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13
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Polar region in north

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Artic

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14
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Latitude of polar regions

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60-90degrees

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15
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4 Layers of earth

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Crust, Mantle, Inner core, Outer core

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16
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Focus

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The point where the rock moves

17
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Epicenter

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Directly above the focus on the earths surface

18
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Tropical storms

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Typhoons, Cyclones, Hurricanes

19
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Super volcanoes

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240 cubic miles of material or VEI 8

20
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Composite volcanoes

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Steep sided cone shape, sticky lava, violent eruptions, ash, hot gases

21
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Shield volcanoes

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Gently sloping sides, gentler eruptions, runny lava,
occur at constructive margins

22
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What is used to measure earthquakes?

A

Seismometer

23
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Scale earthquakes are measured on

A

Richter scale

24
Q

Which direction does winds blow in?

A

West to East

25
Q

Were does warm water move to?

A

South America

26
Q

Which part receives more rainfall?

A

South America

27
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Which part receives less rainfall?

A

AUSTRALIA AND ASIA

28
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Were is Sahel region?

A

Northern Africa

29
Q

conservative

A

Plates slide past each other or along side
each other at different speeds .

Causes earthquakes

30
Q

constructive

A

Plates move apart (oceanic) and magma
rises
Forms new land and volcanoes

31
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Destructive

A
  1. Plates move towards each other
  2. Oceanic plate moves under the continental
    plate
  3. Oceanic plate melts and magma rises
  4. Causes earthquakes and volcanoes
32
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Collision

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  1. Continental plates move towards
    each other and collide
  2. The plates crumple up and form
    fold mountains

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