Physical systems and the environment revision

Physical Systems and the environment Revision Wednesday 22 nd April 2004

Sub Topics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Key Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Key Questions continued ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

1.What are the landforms that make up a selected landscape? ,[object Object]

Holford Combe ,[object Object],A closed system

Holford Combe ,[object Object]

Holford Combe ,[object Object],Think about the uses of a graph like this in prediction of floods and how man can use this to his advantage - management

Hydrographs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Animation of Hydrograph (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/water/stormhydrographsrev2.shtml) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Holford Combe ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Processes Abrasion HA Attrition Corrosion Energy – how is this used Where does a river have most of its energy?

Hydrological Cycle and Drainage Basin ,[object Object],Inputs Stores Outputs Rain Precipitation Interception Surface storage Soil water groundwater Streamflow Transpiration Evaporation

Rivers Case Study (Holford Combe) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Holford Combe ,[object Object],High Energy Low energy Deposition Erosion

2. What physical processes are operating on the selected landscape? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Freeze Thaw Exfoliation Wetting and drying Plants and animals Rainwater

3. What evidence is there of how landforms are influenced by geology and past and present processes? ,[object Object]

5. How do weather conditions reflect processes in the atmosphere at a local scale? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

6. What influences the pattern of climate of the British Isles? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

7. How does the global atmospheric system affect the climate in different places? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

8. Is the climate changing? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

9. How can system’s ideas help the study of river basins, water in the atmosphere and habitats including their soil and vegetation? A closed system – planet earth An open system – a river River Groundwater lake Rain Outputs Stores Inputs

Recommended Weblinks for Revision ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Internet Geography Another good general site with other good geographical links on.

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