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Low pressure [3]:

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-depression
-low air rises
-bad weather

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High pressure [3]

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-anticyclone
-cold air sinks
-good weather

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Atmosphere

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The envelope of air containing different gases surrounding earth or another plant

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Climate

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The average weather in an area over a period of time

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Atmospheric circulation

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Large scale movement of air bye which heat is distributed on the surface of the earth

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Land heats up and cools…

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Quickly

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Sea….. to heat up and cool

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Takes time

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Ocean currents

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Transport warm water and precipitation from the equator towards the poles and cold water from the poles to the tropics

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The three cells from equator up/down

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Hadley cell, Ferrell cell, polar cell

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Natural climate change causes [3]:

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-changes in solar output
-volcanic emissions
-orbital theory

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Evidence of climate change [3]:

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-ice cores
-historical record
-tree rings (dendrochronology)

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Volcanic theory [3]:

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-volcano produce ash and sulphur dioxide gas
-If ash is high enough it can spread around stratosphere due to high level winds
-this blocks sunlight from coming causing the temperature to decrease

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Sunspot theory [4]:

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-<2000 years ago Chinese astronomers started to record sunspots
-the sun can have many spots, sometimes they may disappear
-sunspots tell us the sun is more active
-cooler periods little ice age, and warmer periods, medieval warm period, may have been caused by sunspot theory

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Orbital theory [3]:

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-the earths orbit is sometimes circular and more of an oval
-the earths axis tilts sometimes more upright sometimes to the side
-the earths axis wobbles like a spinning top

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Greenhouse effect

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The way gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun the gases act like glass in a greenhouse, they let heat in but prevent most of it from getting out

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Human causes on the enhanced greenhouse effect[4]:

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-transport
-deforestation
-livestock farming
-energy production

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Transport

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More CRS etc cause more co2 emissions

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Deforestation

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Cutting trees means increase in CO2 because less photosynthesis will occur

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Livestock farming [2]:

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-More cows mean more methane
-trees Ned to be cut for more farmland

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Energy production

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Burning fuels release greenhouse gases when releasing energy

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Storms [3]:

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-cyclone
- hurricane
-typhoon

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Forming tropical storms [4]:

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-the warm ocean (26.5) heats the air above
-rising warm air evaporates and starts to spin
-the air then cools ad condenses to form a towering cumulonimbus cloud
-intense low pressure sucks i aie,causing very strong winds

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Coriolis effect

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The result of the earths rotation on weather patterns and ocean currents making storm swirls clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere

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Typhoon Haiyan [characteristics] [5]

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-2013
-313km/h winds
-281.9mm rainfall
-7m waves
-category 6

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Typhoon Haiyan [social impacts] [6]

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  • 1 million homes damages
    -looting
    -1.9 million homeless
    -33k bags of rice stolen
    -3 million displaced
    -6k deaths
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Typhoon Haiyan [environmental impacts] [4]

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-disease outbreak
-loss of trees -> rising CO2
-floods -> knock over power barge
-71k acers of farmland affected

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Typhoon Haiyan [economic impacts] [3]

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  • lots of money spent on rebuilding
  • $5.8 billion
  • 61 million lost source of income
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Typhoon Haiyan [preparation] [3]

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-minimal investment in planning, protection and prediction
- 7Nov a warning was sent out
- military deployed planes to areas thought to be affected more

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Typhoon Haiyan [responses] [3]

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  • 2013 Tacloban residents did most of rebuilding
  • severe infrastructure damaged slowed relief effort
    -WHO coordinated an international response to help
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hurricane katrina [characteristics] [2]

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-category 3
-6m surge

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hurricane Katrina [social impacts] [2]

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-230,000 jobs lost
-1800 deaths

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hurricane Katrina [environmental impacts] [2]

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-water polluted
-oil facilities damaged

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hurricane Katrina [economic impacts] [2]

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  • $300 billion
    -oil facilities damaged
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hurricane Katrina [preparation and prediction] [4]

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-80% evacuated
-stockpiled supplies
-emergency services always on standby
-sophisticated monitoring system

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hurricane Katrina [responses] [5]

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  • homeless families in sports stadiums
  • looting was common
  • flood defence failed
  • helicopters were provided
    -racism
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Lithosphere

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Top layer of mantle and bottom of the crust

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Asthenosphere

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Upper part of mantle

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Oceanic crust [5 ]

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-basaltic rock
-thinner
-younger
-can sink
-can be destroyed

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Continental crust[5]

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-granite rock
-thicker
-older
-cannot sink
-cannot be destroyed

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Tectonic movement [3]

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-mama heated by core , hot magma rises to the crust
-as it begins to cool it moves away and movs the crust along with it
-magma will sink back creating a convection current

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Divergent plate boundary [2]

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-plates move away
-oceanic crust formed from magma from mantle

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Convergent plate boundary

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-two plate collide

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Conservative plate boundary

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Slide across each other

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Divergent plate boundary question [4]

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-move apart from each other
-magma solidifies and forms ocean crust
-small earthquakes and volcanoes
-N.American plate and Eurasian plate

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Convergent plat boundary question [4]

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-move towards each other [ocean sinks as less dense into aesthenosphere] [subduction]
-Nazca plate subducts under the S.American plate
-earthquakes, volcanic activity and underwater trenches
-Two continental plates create fold mountains causin major earthquakes

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Conservative plat boundaries [3]

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-slide past each other
-N.American and Caribbean plate
-friction can cause earthquake

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Volcano types [2]

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-shield
-composite

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Composite volcanos [6]

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-convergent plate boundary
-narrow base and tall
-i=viscous shorter travelling andesitic lava
-infrequent but violent
-alternative layers of lava and ash
-mt st helen [usa]

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Shield volcanos [6]

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-divergent plate boundary
-low, gentle slopes
-basaltic lava
-runny lava , pour out
-frequent and gentle
-mt Kilduea Hawaii

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Formation of shield volcanos [7]

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-found in divergent plate boundaries
-two plate boundaries pull apart from each other
-low with gentle sloping sides
-formed by eruptions with basaltic lava which is runny and thin
-frequent and gentle erruptions
-low viscosity travelling large distances
-mount kilduea in Hawaii

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Formation of composite volcanoes [8]

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-fount ur convergent plate boundaries
-dense oceanic plate subducts under continental plate
-melting of plate occurs in subduction zone and a pool of magma forms
-magma rose and pressure is released in an eruption
-pyroclastic flow rather than a a lava flow, mixture of steam, ash, lava and dirt
-alternating layers of lava and ash
-andeseitic lava is viscous, travels short distances
-mount St. Helens in the USA

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How earthquakes occur [3]

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-rub against each other causing friction and get stuck
-builds up pressure and stress
-release and jerk sending S waves shocking the earth

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Earthquake Haiti characteristics [3]

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-Haiti , Port au Prince
-N.American and Caribbean plat
-12 January 2010

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Earthquake Haiti social impacts [3]

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-316000 deaths
-300000 injured
-1million house

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Earthquake Haiti economic impact [2]

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-factories were 60% of haitis imports
-job loss due to businesses shutting down

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Earthquake Haiti environmental impacts[2]

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-spread of cholera 8000 deaths
-water systems contaminated

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Earthquake Haiti responses [3]

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-rescue teams arrives in 48 hours
-3/4 buildings repaired
-235,000 relocated people

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Earthquake Japan characteristics [3]

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—tohoku japan
-9.0 magnitude
-Eurasian and pacific plate

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Earthquake Haiti social impacts

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—15900 deaths
-2600 missing

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Earthquake Haiti economic impacts

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-$23billion damage

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Earthquake Haiti environmental [2]

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-tsunami
-dam burst

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Earthquake Haiti response [3]

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-quick response fro rescue team
-army built temporary shelters
-global aid

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Earthquake Haiti planning

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New buildings built

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Ice cores

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Scientists use bubbles captured within ice to study gas composition

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Dendrology tree rings

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Since trees are sensitive to climates scientists have an idea of previous climates by simply observing

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Hisorical records

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Pictures or journal accounts

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answering graph questions [3]

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-trends
-figures
-anomalies

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