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WCC: Systems
Systems concepts and their application to the water and carbon cycles.
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WCC: Water Cycle - Global Distribution of Water Stores
Where is cryospheric water stored,
Where is terrestrial water stored,
Example of sea ice
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WCC: Water Cycle - Processes Driving Change in the Magnitude of Water Cycle Stores Over Time
Why does atmospheric moisture hav...,
Why do ice caps have the highest ...,
What is melting
87
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WCC: Water Cycle - Drainage Basins as Open Systems
Define groundwater,
Define runoff,
Define transpiration
75
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WCC: Water Cycle - The Water Balance, Runoff Variation and Storm Hydrographs
What is soil moisture recharge,
What is soil moisture utilisation,
What is soil moisture deficit
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WCC: Key Terms
Burial and compaction,
Carbon budget,
Carbon capture and storage
87
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WCC: Carbon Cycle - Global Distribution of Carbon Stores
Global distribution and size of major stores of carbon in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and atmosphere.
115
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WCC: Carbon Cycle - Factors Driving Change in the Magnitude of Carbon Stores Over Time
Factors driving change in the magnitude of carbon stores over time and space including flows and transfers at plant, sere and continental scales: photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, combustion, carbon sequestration in oceans and sediments, weathering.
68
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WCC: Carbon Cycle - Natural Causes of Change in the Carbon Cycle
Changes in the carbon cycle over time, to include natural variation: wildfires and volcanic activity.
48
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WCC: Carbon Cycle - The Carbon Budget and its Impact Upon Land, Ocean and Atmosphere
The carbon budget.
The impact of the carbon cycle upon land, ocean and atmosphere including global climate.
67
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WCC: Water, Carbon and Climate - Human Interventions and Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change
Human interventions in the carbon cycle designed to influence carbon transfers and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
47
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WCC: Tropical Rainforest Case Study - Amazon Rainforest
Case study of a tropical rainforest setting to illustrate and analyse the key themes in water and carbon cycles and their relationship to environmental change and human activity.
30
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WCC: River Catchment Case Study - River Exe
Case study of a river catchment at a local scale to illustrate and analyse key themes in water and carbon cycles and their relationship to environmental change and human activity, engage with field data and consider the impact of precipitation upon drainage basin stores and transfers and implications for sustainable water supply and flooding.
49
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Coasts: Key Terms
Abrasion,
Arch,
Attrition
56
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Coasts:: Coastal Management - Traditional Approaches
Hard and soft engineering.
46
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Coasts - Sea Level Change AGAIN
What is isostatic change,
What is eustatic change,
Is isostatic change a local or gl...
23
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Hazards: Key Words
Acid dome volcanoes,
Adaptation,
Asthenosphere
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Hazards: Key Words Tests
Acid dome volcanoes,
Adaptation,
Asthenosphere
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Hazards: Multi-hazard Case Study - The Philippines
Gdp capita of the philippines in ...,
Hdi of the philippines compared t...,
Infant mortality rate of the phil...
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Hazards: Hazardous setting case study - Italy
Italy s gdp capita,
Population density of italy,
Infant mortality rate of italy
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WCC: Water Cycle - Processes of change at a local scale
What 2 natural factors affect the...,
What 2 human factors affect the m...,
How does deforestation affect tra...
8
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WCC: Water Cycle - Factors affecting change in the water cycle over time
Changes in the water cycle over time:
Natural variation - storm events and seasonal changes
Human impacts - farming practices, land use change and water abstraction
58
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Hazards: The concept of hazards in a geographical context
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Coasts: Coasts as natural systems
Systems concepts and their aplliction to the development of coastal landscapes.
The concept of landform and landscape and how related landforms combine to form characteristic landscapes
34
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Coasts: Systems and processes - Energy
Souces of energy: winds, waves, currents and tides.
Low energy and high energy coasts.
76
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Coasts: Systems and processes - Sediment sources, cells and budgets
Sediment sources, cells and budgets
20
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Coasts: Systems and processes - Geomorphological processes
Weathering, mass movement, erosion, transportation, deposition.
142
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WCC: Carbon Cycle - Human Causes of Change in the Carbon Cycle
Changes in the carbon cycle over time, to include human impact: hydrocarbon fuel extraction and burning, farming practices, deforestation and land use changes.
57
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WCC: Water, Carbon and Climate - The Role of Water and Carbon Cycles in Supporting Life on Earth
The key role of the carbon and water stores and cycles in supporting life on Earth with particular reference to climate.
8
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WCC: Water, Carbon and Climate - The Relationship Between the Water and Carbon Cycles in the Atmosphere
The relationship between the water cycle and carbon cycle in the atmosphere.
28
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WCC: Water, Carbon and Climate - The Role of Feedbacks in Cycles and their Link to Climate Change
The roles of feedbacks within and between cycles and their link to climate change and implications for life on Earth.
10
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WCC: Water, Carbon and Climate - Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change and implications for life on Earth.
18
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Coasts: Coastal landscape development - Landforms and Landscapes of Coastal Erosion
Origin and development of landforms and landscapes of coastal erosion:
- cliffs and wave cut platforms
- cliff profile features (caves, arches, stacks)
Factors and processes in their development.
26
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Coasts: Coastal landscape development - Landforms and Landscapes of Coastal Deposition
Origin and development of landforms and landscapes of coastal deposition:
- beaches
- spits
- tombolos
- offshore bars
- barrier beaches and islands
- sand dunes
Factors and processes in their development.
85
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Coasts: Coastal landscape development - Estuarine Landforms
Estuarine mudflat/saltmarsh environments and associated landscapes. Factors and processes in their development.
15
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Coasts: Coastal landscape development - Sea Level Change
Eustatic, isostatic and tectonic sea level change. Major changes in sea level in the past 10,000 years.
19
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Coasts: Coastal landscape development - Coastlines of Emergence and Submergence
Coastal landscapes of emergence and submergence.
Origin and development of associated landforms:
- raised beaches
- marine platforms
- rias
- fjords
- dalmatian coasts
16
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Coasts: Coastal landscape development - Impacts of Climate Change on Coasts
Is global sea level currently ris...,
How does climate change cause eus...,
What does predicted sea level cha...
6
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Coasts: Coastal Management - Sustainable Approaches
SMP and ICZM
22
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Hazards: Plate Tectonics
What are the 4 layers of the eart...,
What is the earths core made of,
What is the difference between th...
59
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Hazards - Volcanoes
At what 4 places is volcanic acti...,
How are the 2 different types of ...,
What are shield volcanoes
35
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Hazards - Earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
What is the focus of an earthquake,
What is the epicentre of an earth...
24
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Coasts - Holderness
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