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Question 1

Low pressure=

Answer 1

Depression

Question 2

High pressure

Answer 2

Anticyclone

Question 3

Warm front=

Answer 3

Low pressure/depression

Question 4

cold front=

Answer 4

High pressure

Question 5

Direction of rotation in depression

Answer 5

Anti clockwise

Question 6

Direction of rotation in anti cyclone

Answer 6

Clockwise

Question 7

Weather in a depression

Answer 7

Cloud/rain

Question 8

Weather in an anti cyclone

Answer 8

Fair/warm/dry

Question 9

Example of a depression

Answer 9

Hurricane Katrina

Question 10

Explanation of anticyclone

Answer 10

Cool air sinks and as it does has a higher water capacity so sucks up all the clouds from the atmosphere, resulting in clear, dry weather

Question 11

Explanation of depression

Answer 11

Warm air rises and as it does, rapidly loses it’s water capacity and therefore clouds are formed, resulting in rain

Question 12

Wildlife corridors

Answer 12

Where national parks are connected- this is established by planting trees and plants which encourages the migration of animals to different parts of the forest

Question 13

Medical reserves

Answer 13

Where a pharmaceutical company buys a portion of the rainforest and protects it from developments but then use it to find drugs and cures for people

Question 14

Biosphere reserve

Answer 14

Like a national park but more human activity can take place, the further you go from the centre

Eg. Unspoiled centre –> hunting and gathering –> settlements –> unprotected forest

Question 15

What are the 3 stages of a river

Answer 15

Upper, lower & middle

Question 16

What are the features of the upper stage of a river

Answer 16

Water fall

V-shaped valley

Interlocking spur

Fast flowing

Question 17

Main processes at the upper stage of a river

Answer 17

High Erosion

NO DEPOSITION

Question 18

What are the features of the middle stage of a river

Answer 18

Meanders

Ox bow lakes

River speed slowing down

Question 19

Processes at the middle stage of a river

Answer 19

Deposition

Erosion

River speed slowing down

Question 20

Give features of a lower stage of a river

Answer 20

U shaped valley

Flood plane

Flat valley floor

Estuary

Delta

Question 21

Main processes in the lower stage

Answer 21

Deposition

Slow moving river

Question 22

What happens at the inside bend of a meander

Answer 22

Deposition of sediment

Travels more slowly on the outside than the outside

Question 23

How is an oxbow lake formed?

Answer 23

The rivers meander gets cut off from the rest of the river

The deposition from the river makes the oxbow lake separate from the rest of the river