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WC 2.1.1- systems and mass balance
Describe the global hydrological ...,
Explain the concept of mass balance,
Define the cryosphere
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WC 2.1.2- drainage basin
212a inputs such as precipitation...,
In terms of a drainage basinwhat ...,
Name the only input into this system
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WC 2.1.3- river regimes & hydrographs
Define river regimes,
Define a river system,
Define a storm hydrograph
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WC 2.1.4- precipitation and excess runoff
What is the 1st type of precipita...,
What is the 2nd type of precipita...,
What is the 3rd type of precipita...
12
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WC 2.1.5- Deficit in the water cycle
Define deficit drought,
Define what is meant by meteorolo...,
What are the 5 meteorological cau...
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carbon cycle 2.1.6 stores, flows
Define carbon sequestration,
Define carbon sinks,
Define carbon fixation
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carbon cycle 2.1.6a - pathways and processes
What are the three timescales of ...,
Give an example of the shortest t...,
Give an example of the longer tim...
25
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carbon cycle 2.1.7 -carbon stores in different biomes
Define biosphere,
Name the 7 different biomes,
Name the one factor affecting eco...
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carbon cycle 2.1.8 - changing carbon stores in peatlands
What is peat,
Where are peatlands found,
How is decomposition prevented
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water and carbon links - 2.1.9
Name the 3 causes of increase in co2,
Name the different land use chang...,
Name the different ways that burn...
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migration 2.2.1 - globalisation
Define globalisation,
What does tct stand for,
List the flows of movement second...
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Migration 2.2.2- causes of international economic migration
Define push factors,
Define pull factors,
List the 3 economic out drivers p...
26
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Migration 2.2.3- management and consequences of economic migration
223 c migration policies what is ...,
Why are migration policies an imp...,
What are 2 facts to remember from...
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Migration 2.2.4- causes, consequences and management of refugee movements
Who is classed as a refugee,
Who is classed as an asylum seeker,
List the country names of the ref...
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Migration 2.2.5 rural to urban migration in developing countries
What are causes of rural to urban...,
Explain the first cause of rural ...,
Define mechanisation
24
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ocean- 2.2.6
Ocean governance list the laws th...,
Define supranational,
Name the 7 supranational institut...
30
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oceans- 2.2.7a
What does teu stand for,
What are the changing trends of s...,
Name and explain why the 2 ships ...
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oceans 2.2.7 b trafficking
What is one reason why moving peo...,
Define people smuggling,
Define human trafficking
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oceans 2.2.7 c sea floor cables
What is a pattern of sea floor ca...,
List 4 facts about sea floor cables,
Name 2 facts that relate sea floo...
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oceans 2.2.8 distribution and ownership of resources
Define what isa stands for,
What is a black smoker,
What is the isa s function
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oceans 2.2.9 global commons
What are the global commons what ...,
What does the term tragedy of the...,
Explain the global common of the ...
10
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oceans 2.2.10 to be continued
What is the main source that caus...,
What pollutants from that land ca...,
What happens to pollutants when t...
15
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