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Water in the World (Geography) Flashcards

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1
Q

How much of the world’s water is salt water?

A

96.5 %

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2
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What is an isobar?

A

line joining places of equal barometric pressure

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3
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How much of earth is water?

A

71 %

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4
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Approximately how many people around the world don’t have access to clean drinking water?

A

1.8 billion people worldwide

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5
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How much of earths water is fresh?

A

2.5 %

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6
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How much fresh water is groundwater?

A

30.1 %

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7
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How much fresh water is surface water?

A

1.2 %

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8
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How much freshwater is in glaciers and ice-caps?

A

68.7 %

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9
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How much surface water is in lakes?

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20.9 %

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10
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How much surface water is in ground ice and permafrost?

A

69.0 %

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11
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How much of earths water is saline water?

A

0.9 %

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12
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How much of other surface water or fresh water is in rivers?

A

0.49 %

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13
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How much of other surface water or fresh water is in swamps or marshes?

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2.6 %

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14
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How much of other surface water or fresh water is in the atmosphere?

A

3.0 %

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15
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How much of other surface water or fresh water is in living things?

A

0.26 %

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16
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Is the arctic ocean above Europe?

A

True

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17
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Is the pacific ocean NE to Australia?

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True

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18
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Is the pacific ocean north to South America?

A

No

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19
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Where is the Atlantic Ocean?

A

Between South America and Africa.

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20
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What are all the oceans on earth?

A

Artic ocean, Pacific ocean, Indian Ocean, Great Southern ocean, Atlantic ocean,

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21
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Latitude lines run:

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east to west

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22
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Longitude lines run:

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north to south

23
Q

What is the imaginary line that runs across he earth called?

A

Equator

24
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What is an absolute location?

A

An exact location, i.e coordinates.

25
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What is a relative location?

A

A rough, or vague location.

26
Q

Countries such as ____________ and ____________ have 100 % access to safe water,

A

Spain and Sweden

27
Q

Many countries in Africa have less than _____ % of access to safe water.

A

50 %

28
Q

What are two regions that have less than 100 % access to safe drinking water?

A

Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa?

29
Q

What is a catchment?

A

A catchment is an area where water is collected by the natural landscape.

30
Q

Places near the equator tend to be :

A

hotter

31
Q

Desalination is :

A

the process of removing salt from salt water.

32
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Water use minimisation is :

A

strategies to reduce water use

33
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What are water restrictions :

A

constraints placed on water use by an infrastructure operator, local councils, state government.

34
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What is building dams?

A

Building a structure to hold water.

35
Q

What is water recycling?

A
  • Water reuse
  • Reclaims water from a variety of sources.
36
Q

What is a high pressure system?

A

Areas of sinking air. The pressure increases towards the centre. Winds rotate in anti-clockwise direction.

37
Q

What is typical weather associated with high pressure systems?

A

-Light winds
-clear skies
-dry weather
-higher daily temperature range
-cool nights

38
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What is a low pressure system?

A

Areas of rising air. The pressure decreases towards the centre. Winds rotate in clockwise direction.

39
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What is a cold front?

A

Were cold air invades warm air with the cold air behind the front.

40
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What is a warm front?

A

advancing warm air that rises over colder retrieving air, the warm is behind the front.

41
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What is a tropical cyclone?

A

Areas of rapidly rising air.

42
Q

What is a synoptic chart?

A

Simple representation of the weather patterns at the Earth’s surface, showing the locations and movements of the different systems.

43
Q

What are the three values of water?

A

Economic Value
The cultural and spiritual value
Aesthetic and social value

44
Q

What is an economic value?

A

Includes all the diffrent ways we use water to produce a good or service.

45
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What are cultural and spiritual values?

A

beliefs, cultures and religions. Important to the ritual and other cultural practices of many groups of people.

46
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What are aesthetic and social values?

A

Water may be valued according to its aesthetic value

47
Q

What are the different types of precipitation?

A

Rain
Snow
Sleet
Hail
Dew

48
Q

How many continets and oceans are there?

A

5 oceans, 7 continets

49
Q

What are the seven continents?

A

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia/Oceania

50
Q

How does water influence a place’s temperature?

A

ATBC

51
Q

What are the three different phases of water catchments?

A

Upper Catchment, Mid catchment, Lower Catchment.

52
Q

What do climate graphs look like?

A

It consists of a line and column graph.
The column graph is below and marks precipitation and is normally coloured blue.
The line graph marks the average temperature and is normally coloured red and sits above the column graph

53
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What is the water cycle?

A

evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.

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