Year 9 SE Flashcards
What physical problems have Japan overcome ?
Mountainous, volcanoes, earthquake, weather, typhoons, dangerous currents, no raw materials
What human problems have Japan overcome ?
Destroyed after ww2, traffic, busy cities, polluted sea
How has Japan developed its transport system?
Long train lines, bullet train, long bypass, bridge to connect islands, ships for transport
How has Japan developed its energy supply ?
Nuclear power station (very safe, make deals with locals to put a nuclear plant there, built in low population area), oil is the main source of energy
List all 15 of the national parks
Cairngorms, lake lomond and the trossachs, Northumberland, Lake District, Yorkshire dales, north York moors, Peak District, snowdonia, the broads, Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire coast, exmoor, Dartmoor, South Downs, new forest.
List some pros of tourism
More job opportunities, more income from tourists, the money can go to charities for wildlife, exposes people to cultures
List some cons of tourism
Pollution, litter, road congestion, overloaded sewage, increase price of goods for locals, water shortages, conflict ( locals+tourists ), underused facilities in winter, vehicle pollution.
Tourism
Commercial organisations and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest
Mass tourism
When many people go to the same place at the same time each year
Dark tourism
A tourism that’s associated with death or tragedy
Extreme tourism
Places with extreme/harsh climate
Eco-tourism
People go to support the environment
Hydraulic action
Power of wave pushing air into cracks and weakens them
Abrasion
All sand swirls against the cliff face to erode it
Solution
Acidity dissolves calcium based rock
