1.2 The Water Cycle

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  • Created on: 23-04-22 10:46
What is a store/component?
Its a part of a system where energy/matter is stored or transformed.
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What is an Isolated System?
A system where there are no interactions between anything outside the boundary. No input or output of energy/matter.
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What is a Closed System?
A system where there are inputs of energy but NOT matter.
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What is an Open System?
A system where both energy AND matter are transferred in and out a system
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An example of an open system?
Drainage Basin
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An example of a closed system?
Planet Earth
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What is Positive Feedback?
When the effects in a system are amplified/ multiplied by secondary effects
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What is Negative Feedback?
When the effects of an action are nullified/dampened by subsequent secondary effects
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What is Dynamic Equilibrium?
Where inputs = outputs [a balance between the two]
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