Theme A- Dynamic Landscape part 1- drainage basin

Question 1

How much water is…
Fresh
Stored in lakes or rivers

Answer 1

2. 8%

0. 1%

Question 2

Where is the rest of water stored

Answer 2

Ice sheets, glaciers, soil underground

Question 3

What is the analysis of the closed system

Answer 3

Water is not added or taken away from the atmosphere by etc. Space 🚀

Question 4

What is another name of the water cycle

Answer 4

The hydrological cycle

Question 5

What is the water system

Answer 5

The natural process which occurs when 💦 is ♻️ between air, sea and land

Question 6

What is a drainage basin

What is the boundary of a drainage basin

Answer 6

The area of land which is drained by its rivers and tributaries
Watershed

Question 7

The amount of water 💦 in a drainage basin can vary because of input and outputs
Give examples of input and outputs
What does this mean hint* system

Answer 7

Precipitation
Transpiration
Open system

Question 8

What are the components of the drainage basin

Answer 8

Inputs
Stores
Flow (transporter)
Outputs

Question 9

What are four stores in a drainage basin

Answer 9

Interception by plants
Surface storage, when water is absorbed into ground
Soil moisture
Ground moisture

Question 10

What are five flows (transporters) in a drainage basin

Answer 10

Surface run off, when water meets an impermeable surface and runs on till it meets a river
Infiltration, when water seeps into soil
Percolation,
Through-flow, due to the act of gravity water pulls down until it hits the water table (where all the pores of soil have been saturated) so it causes a lateral movement
Ground water 💦 flow