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35 Cards in this Set
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What is the point of weather? |
Weather moves heat, wind and water around the planet. It is trying to make an equal distribution of hot and cold air. |
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What is weather? |
It is the day to day, and hour to hour changes in the atmosphere. |
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What is the climate? |
It is the general weather for the area. |
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Factors that influence the climate. |
Distance from the sea in the summer = The sea keeps coastal places cool. Distance from the sea in the winter = The sea keeps coastal places warm. Latitude = Places near the Equator are warmer because of overhead sun. Relief (height) = Temperature decreases with height. Prevailing winds = Temperature is affected by the direction in which the wind comes. |
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Relief Rainfall |
When the warm air rises to get over a mountain. Then the warm air gets to the Dew Point, condenses and later rains. |
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Convectional Rainfall |
The sun heats the ground. The warm air rises to the Dew Point, condenses and later rains. |
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Frontal Rainfall |
A block of warm and a block of cold air come toward each other. The warm air rises to the Dew Point, condenses and later rains. |
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Factors affecting microclimates. |
Aspect = The direction something faces affects how much sunshine it gets. Buildings = The shadow creates shade, the building take in heat and release it during the night, no wind between tightly packed buildings. Physical features = Trees slow wind and create shade, water cools air. Shelter = Stop wind from cooling your body or the area. Surface = Colour of group affects how warm it gets (black absorbs, white reflects). |
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What is a hurricane? |
A hurricane is a tropical storm and an area of intense low pressure. |
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Where do hurricanes develop? |
They develop over warm seas, they loose power when they reach land. |
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What weather conditions do hurricanes produce? |
They produce high winds, torrential rain and storm surges. |
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What is the most destructive part of a hurricane? |
The eye wall. The eye is the part that is calm but the eye wall is what isn't. |
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Four elements of a hurricane. |
Wind speed Hurricane size Size of the storm surge Torrential rain |
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Tornado |
A violent, rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a storm cloud. |
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Population distribution |
How spread out people are across the earths surface. |
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Population density |
The number of people living in a given area. |
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Sparsely populated |
Places with a few people living there with a low population density. |
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Densely populated |
Places that are crowded with a high population density. |
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Immigrants |
Moving in |
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Emigrants |
Moving out |
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Migrant |
General term for moving around. |
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Reasons for migration |
Economic - Jobs or any kind of work Climate Refugee - Too hot/cold to live in Forced - Religion Asylum - Fleeing from danger Political Refugee - Disagree with policies in homeland. |
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Urban area |
A built up area. |
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Rural area |
An area that is mainly countryside. |
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Urbanisation |
An increase i the percentage of the population living in urban areas. |
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Favelas |
Houses people have made on the hills themselves in Brazil. |
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How to improve sustainability |
- New, low rent housing. - Improve transport. - Self-help housing schemes. - Improve services. |
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Sustainable |
Something that will benefit us socially and economically, into the future, and not harm the environment or disadvantage anyone. |
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Globalisation |
It is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected. We now communicate, trade, travel and share each others cultures more easily around the world. |
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TNC |
Transnational company |
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Revenue |
The total amount of money that the company earns from what is sold. |
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Cost |
How much money is spent on things like manufacturing and materials. |
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How do TNCs loose control by 'outsourcing'? |
They don't know where their products are coming from. They don't know how workers are treated or the conditions they work in. |
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How would a 30p banana be spread across the workers? |
Banana - 1p Plantation - 5p Shipper - 4p Shops - 13p Importer - 7p |
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Things that are fairtrade. |
Chocolate Fresh fruit Cotton Flowers Coffee/Tea Fruit juices Cakes & Brownies Hot chocolate |
