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UK Physical Flashcards

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What is the atmosphere?

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Air
Weather (temperature, precipitation)

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What is the biosphere?

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Plants and animals
Biomes

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What is the hydrosphere?

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Water
Rivers
Oceans
Erosion
Transportation

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What is the anthroposphere?

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Humans
Settlements
Agriculture

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What is the asthenosphere?

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Tectonic activity

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What is the lithosphere?

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Rocks
Geology
Weathering and formation of soils

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What is the cryosphere?

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Ice
Glaciation
Permafrost

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What are the three types of weathering?

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Mechanical - water entering through rocks, expanding and breaking them (freeze thaw weathering)
Biological - micro-organisms eat away at inside of rock. Trees and animals break rocks down
Chemical - chemical reactions between rain/other liquids

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What is suspension?

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Fine material (sediment) carried by the river

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What is solution?

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Dissolved minerals carried by the river

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What is traction?

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Large boulders and pebbles are rolled along the river bed

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What is saltation?

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Small stones, pebbles and silt bounce along the river bed

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What are the four types of transportation?

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Suspension
Solution
Traction
Saltation

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What is crustal rebound?

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When ground underneath glaciers rises back up after being pushed down by the glaciers pressure

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What is eustatic rebound?

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The result of artificially-driven climate change increasing sea levels

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What is isostatic sea level rise?

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Local sea level rise

17
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What is abrasion?

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Material rubs against the valley floor and sides

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