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38 Cards in this Set
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What does high pressure mean |
Cool dense air falling |
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What’s low pressure |
Warm less dense air that rises anticy |
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Anticyclone travels clockwise |
Depression travels anti-clockwise |
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What’s anticyclone |
High pressure sinking air stable condition usually dry |
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What’s a depression |
Low pressure system |
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What’s warm front and cold front |
Warm front - warm air coming warm air rising over cold air produces clouds Cold front- cold air coming cold air pushed under warm air producing strong winds and heavy rain |
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Define glacial period |
Polar ice covers lots of earth |
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Whats interglacial period |
Polar ice retreats |
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What’s igneous rock |
Rocks formed by magma from molten from earth |
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What’s sedimentary rock |
Rock former from sediment at bottom of lake sea ocean and been compressed |
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What’s metamorphic rock |
Rocks that have experienced extreme weather so change to another type of rock |
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What’s solution (corrosion) |
Rocks in river dissolved hydrogen acid |
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What’s attrition |
Rocks/material carried by river grind into eachother n wear down |
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What’s abrasion |
Small particles of rock carried by river rub agaings bank of river |
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What’s hydraulic action |
Water forces into rock and builds pressure around rock and causes it to crack |
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What’s traction |
When large stones rolled across river bed by water |
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What’s saltation |
Sand sized particles bounce along sea bed |
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What’s biological weathering |
Plant roots grow into cracks in rocks, as plants grow the rock cracks |
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Chemical weathering |
Rain contains acid, on rock it makes it crumble |
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Freeze thaw weathering |
Water gets into crack in rock, water freezes and ice builds pressure on rock and it breaks down |
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Onion skin weathering |
Surface of rock heats and cools. Expands when hot and contracts when cold.thus makes surface of rock peel of in layers |
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V shaped valley |
Vertical erosion cuts narrow valley with steep v shaped sides River flows side to side of river causing the sides(lateral erosion) Overtime it cuts into hillside to form interlocking spurs |
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Waterfall |
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What’s oxbow lake |
Banks begin to erode and water spills over this causes it to give way it then flows over as its quicker. Some of this goes round meander some goes straight. The straight route becomes dominant parts of meander dries up and leaves oxbow lake |
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What’s a trade bloc |
An agreement, trade is made easier. Place restrictions on amount of imports from other countries |
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What’s urbanisation |
Physical and human growth of cities/towns |
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Suburbanisation |
Outward growth of city may take over surrounding villages |
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Counter urbanisation |
Movement of people and businesses from large cities to small rural places |
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Reurbanisation |
Population of city centres grow again |
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Deindustrialisation |
Decline in secondary industry and and growth in tertiary and quaternary industry |
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Infill |
Use of vacant land for construction or development (brownfield site) |
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Brownfield site and greenfield site |
Brownfield- area with previous builds on which have been demolished Greenfield-area on edge of town that’s not been developed with houses industry transport- can be farmland |
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What’s Egan wheel |
Well connected, well served, well designed and built |
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Cambourne |
Shops cycle lanes bus route churches house price rise as more popular energy efficient houses |
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Convenience goods |
Low cost items that’s consumers buy frequently |
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Comparison goods |
More expensive goods consumers buy less often |
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Catchment area |
Area where a shop gets its customers from |
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Mumbai global city |
Over 100,000 population , big company headquarters there which employs employers from other countries well positioned for transporting goods |
