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What is the water cycle?

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the physical changes to water that change it’s state and location

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What is evaporation?

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water is heated by the sun - fresh water to gas

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Transpiration?

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water evaporates from plants

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Condensation?

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gas - liquid, water droplets merge to become clouds

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Precipitation?

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rain, hail, snow, sleet

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Infiltration?

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groundwater + runoff

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Perclocation?

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The movement of water through the soil

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Describe the water cycle

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evaporation - condensation - precipitation - surface runoff - groundwater - transpiration

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Processes/steps of the water cycles?

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step 1 - precipitation
step 2 - transfer and storage - surface run off, infiltrationa and perlocation, lakes, dams, rivers
step 3 - river flows out to sea

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What is a water catchment

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area drained by the river also known as a river basin

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what is a catchment

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water is collected by natural landscape e.g. hands collecting downpour

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What is a watershed

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water can go one way or the other- a boundary

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What is a steep catchment

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very little water retained
groundwater recharge is minimal
large water volume
moves out quickly

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What is a flat catchment

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surface water retained seeps into soil to be groundwater causing water tables to be shallower
small volume of water moves out slowly after rainfall

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closed basin?

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all surface water drains to lowest point in catchment, no streams leave - wter evaporates

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Aquifer

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a body of rock that hold groundwater

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What are spatial distribution patterens

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the location and arrangement of phenomenol activities across earths surface

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6 reasons unlimited water isn’t avalible for everyone

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1) landlocked
2) no permeable surfaces for groundwater
3) no river systems
4) desert
5) no precipitation
6) no water flowng down

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water is

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key to survival, and enviromental recourse renewable and there is a pressure on it’s supply

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the source of the river is

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where water starts collecting

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the confluence of the river is when

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2 rivers join

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the tribituary of teh river is

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when a large river joins up to a smaller one at some point

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types of water on the earth’s surface

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rivers, dams, lakes, resovoirs

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4 main types of water

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surface water
groundwater
desalinated water
recycled water

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80% of the earth's freshwater is
surface water
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surface water can be replenished by
rain
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positives of surface water
cheap, easy access, dams protect from floods
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negatives of surface water
easy contamination, treatment for pollution is expensive dams can cause floods
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steps of taking the salt our of water
- suck in seawater - clean - reverse osmosis - final cleaning
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positive of desalination water
we won'y run out
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negative of desalinated water
expensive, leftover salt could wreck nearby ocean
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groundwater is
water under the surface
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how does groundwater work
- water sinks through gaps betweeb sediment, soil/sand/gravel - hits something hard - fills gaps - we dig bores to pump water out
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positives and negatives of groundwater
cheap easy can be dug close to wherever needed clean - hard to contaminate long time to replenish
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all water is really
recycled water
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positives of recycled water
smart and quick renewable
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negatives of recycled water
if cleanibg doesnt work people get sick idea is gross politicians lose votes
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factors that influence water flows and the avalibility of water resources in different palces
latitude altitude topography location climate change
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Latitude affect on water flows and resources
because the earth is round and it tilts back and forth towards the sun, the pokles distance will affect climate
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more radiation
hotter
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less radiation
colder
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Altitude: how high an area is will also affect
water avalibility
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tropic of cancer
up
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Location - landlocked will afeect
water avalibility
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topography
weather and climate patterns influence evaporation rates as does the shape. - water avalibility
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more heat - more evaporation
dry land - droughts
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more heat - glaciers melt
less freshwater
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more heat - ice caos melt
sea levels rise - floods
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different parts of aus get more rain than otheres
tully most rain
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not alll aussie land has
unlimited access to water
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wiyout rain, lakes, river and aquifers can't be
replenished
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city uses drains
as groundwater bores
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In scale : means
represents
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1cm on a map means
25000 cm on land if 1:25000
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how to measure a straight line distnace
1) measure in cm 2) check the scale 3) if !:25000 times by 25000
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Boltss
Border Orientatiom Legend Title Scale Source
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Border
feature around the map
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orientation
compass directions
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legend
key
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title
general info
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scale
size, height, dimensions
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source
where map came from
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eastings are
vertical lines
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northings are
horizontal line
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area refrence
4 digit
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grid reference
6 digit
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along the corridor and
up the stairs
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never eat soggy
weetbix
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What is a contour interval
the differnece in elevation represented by each contour line on a toppgraphic map
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Contour lines
lines on a map that join places of the smae height
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relief
is the term used fro the differences in height from place to plaace on the surface - height difference
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PQE
PATTERN, QUANTIFY, EXCEPTIONS
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PATTERN
general overview of any patterns you can see. e.g. forest seems to be located in northa nd west africa
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QUANTIFY
use statistics e.g. 240.3 million hectares of forest in central africa
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EXCEPTIONS
what doesn't fit e.g. however ther are also forets regions located in south and east africa too

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