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1
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Processes at birling gap?

A

marine erosion
aerial weathering
cliff retreat
mass movement

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2
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Rock at birling gap?

A

Coombe rock (softer than chalk)

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How many evacuated in Typhoon Haiyan?

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750000

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4
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landforms at seaford head?

A

headland erosion forms stacks

cliffs

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5
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landforms at birling gap?

A

a bay caused by eroding rock

wave cut platforms

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6
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injured? haiti

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300000

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deaths? haiti

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230000

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businesses lost? haiti

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20000

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how many made homeless? haiti

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1.5 million

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10
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how many households for hosepipe ban? uk

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20 million

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11
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how many mroe deaths than usual? uk

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700

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causes of uk heatwave?

A

weak jet streams

high pressure stayed

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13
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how high were temps? uk

A

over 30

highest of 32.5

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14
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when was haiti earthquake?

A

jan 12 2010

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15
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causes of haiti?`

A

shallow focus

conservative amrgin

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16
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economic cost of haiti?

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$10 bn

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17
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height of storm surge? haiyan

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25ft

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18
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cost of damage? haiyan

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$5.8 bn

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19
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how mnay displaced? haiyan

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6 mil

20
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jobs lost? haiyan

A

6 mil

21
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how many made homeless? haiyan

A

1.9 mil

22
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deaths? haiyan

A

7000

23
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ocean temp? haiyan

A

over 27

24
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how much rainfall? haiyan

A

281.9 mm

25
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speed of winds? haiyan

A

313 km/h

26
Q

where was typhoon haiyan?

A

Philippines - SE Asia

27
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what was typhoon haiyan?

A

tropical cyclone

28
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how many had to evacuate? iceland

A

700

29
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tourism cost per day? iceland

A

£6 mil

30
Q

how high was ash cloud? iceland

A

10 km

31
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Airline cost per day? iceland

A

£130 mil

32
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What caused ash cloud? iceland

A

gases and melting ice mixed

33
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Causes of iceland?

A

Constructive plate boundary

large magma chamber

34
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When was iceland?

A

March to May 2010

35
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Rock? seaford head

A

chalk

36
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Processes at seaford head?

A

erosion (HA)

transportation (E to W)

37
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Coast defefnces? seaford head

A

splash point groyne

38
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coast defences? brighton

A

marine arm

sea wall

39
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processes? brighton

A

erosion
transportation
mass movement (rockfall)

40
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landforms at shoreham?

A

spit/salt marshes

lagoom

41
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processes? shoreham

A

longshore drift

deposition

42
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coast defences at shoreham?

A

harbour arms

43
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processes? worthing

A

longshore drift

deposition

44
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Processes at slesey?

A

longshore drift
marine erosion
deposition

45
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landfirms at selsey?

A

spit

salt marsh

46
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rock at selsey?

A

Paleogene rock (sedimentary)

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