European Union Flashcards

Question

Capital of Cyprus?

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Bucharest I

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Start of the river

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End of river

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A smaller river that joins a larger river

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The point where two rivers join

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The boundary between two drainage basins

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The area which is drained by a river, it's boundary's and tributary's

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A sweeping bend in the river

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A closed system

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A closed system

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The EU produces guidelines on a whole range of issues including health, hygiene, pollution levels and transport. The EU members try to maintain peace throughout the world.

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``` 1957 (treaty of rome) 1973 1981 1986 1995 2004 2007 2013 ```

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More countries joining the EU. The EU getting bigger.

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``` European funds Cheap flights Consumer protection Clean rivers and clean air (pollution levels) Foreign study Pet passports Food labelling ```

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``` Loss of economic control Mass immigration and crime Border control Too many members, this causes arguments Threats to sovereignty Fishing and agricultural policies are damaged ```

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Evaporation: the process where water changes from a liquid to a water vapour.

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Condensation is the process where cooling water vapour turns into a liquid.

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Precipitation is any water that falls on the earths surface. Eg rain,hail,snow or sleet.

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The movement of water over land possibly as a river

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Plants giving off water from their leaves (trees sweating)

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Water that has sunk into the rocks and soil below.

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``` Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Surface runoff Transpiration (trees sweating) Groundwater ```

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The area which is drained by the river, its boundary so and tributarys

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``` Source Mouth Watershed Drainage basin Meander Tributary Confluence ```

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The start of the river

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The end of the river (where it meets the sea)

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When a smaller river joins a larger river

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The point where 2 rivers join

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The boundary between 2 drainage basins

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A sweeping bend in the river

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Hydraulic action Abrasion Attrition Corrosion

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The process where the force of the water hits the bed and banks.

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The wearing down of the bed and banks by the rivers load. The river throws these particles against the bed and banks sometimes at high velocity (like sandpaper)

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The material (the load) carried by the river bump into each other and are so smoothed. This make the rocks easier to break into smaller particles.

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Some acids in the water react with the river water to dissolve the bed and banks.

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Traction Saltation Suspension Solution

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The rocks and boulders being rolled along the river bed at high discharge (in a flood)

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Sand sized particles are bounced along the river bed by the flow of water

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Fine clay and sand particles are carried along within the water even at low discharges (small stream)

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Some minerals dissolve in the water like calcium carbonate. This requires very little energy.

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The material a river carries is called its load. When it reaches flatter land the river slows down. It no longer gas the energy to carry its load, so it deposits it. The deposited material is called sediment. The river deposits the heavier stones first.

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The river flows over the hard rock and erodes the soft rock. The river erodes the soft rock using hydraulic action and abrasion A plunge pool is deepened below the waterfall. The ledge/overhang is no longer supported. The overhang collapses. The rock falls into the plunge pool. These processes are repeated. The waterfall moves upstream to form a gorge.

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The faster current is always on the outer bend | All meanders have river cliffs and slip off slopes

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A meander is a sweeping bend in the river

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Our meander has sides that are not the same. One side is steep and one side is gentle. The steep side is the outside and the gentle side is the inside. The left is the outside of the bend. The right is the inside of the bend.

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The outside is steep because it is eroding along the fastest flow of the river. The river is using hydraulic action and abrasion. The steep side has lots of energy to erode quickly. It creates the river cliff depth. The inside is gentle because it has less energy so it has a slower flow. This creates a slip off slope. It takes the river longer to erode because it does not have enough energy. To solve this problem the river deposits its boulders. The river becomes very shallow.

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(1) . Meander starts as a slight bend. Water flows faster on the outside of the bend than the inside. (2) . Outside of bend erodes and material is deposited on the inside of the bend. (3) . The erosion and deposition turns the bend into a meander (4) . The meander bends more and more over time until the meander becomes a tight loop (5) . When the water level is really high the river has enough energy to go straight across rather than round it. (6) . This is called a meander cut off (7) . The river keeps its new route so the meander is left as an oxbow lake. (8) . Over time the oxbow lake silts up dries out and plants grow over it

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Floodplains and levees are formed by deposition in times of river flood. The river's load is composted of different sized particles. Every time the river deposition , hauls up the flood plains.

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Floods occur when a river gets more water than its channel can hold. Water flows over the banks and onto the flood.

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Floods are usually caused by heavy rain but sometimes by ice and snow melting

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A flash flood is a flood that happens extremely quickly and without warning. It is caused by: Impermeable rock such as granite under the soil so the rain cannot soak through the soil Hard dry soil which is baked hard by dry weather rain can't soak through easily it will run over instead Very wet soil which is already saturated and cannot hold anymore water. Steep slope which rain runs over quickly before it has a chance to soak through the ground Cutting down trees, leaves intercept rain and roots help infiltration Building in the drainage basin means that the water cannot get through the buildings.

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Advantages Flooding deposits fine silt into the flood plain making it very fertile and excellent for farming. Replenishes groundwater ``` Disadvantages Damage to home and processions Income from tourism can be lost Vast number of insurance claims Loss of life Damage to construction lines and other important structures Stranded animals Loss of livestock Destroyed crops ```

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16th april 2004

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