Hot deserts are usually found along the Tropic of Cancer & Capricorn or between latitudes of 15 -30 degrees North and South of the Equator
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How does Rain Shadow work?
Warm air is carried in the win up a mountain, because of the steepness of the mountain the clouds release the moisture/rainfall so by the time the air/clouds have reached the other side of the mountain there is nothing but dry air creating deserts.
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What are Cold Ocean Currents?
Found off the west cost of continents these reduce the amount of air rising and so there are fewer clouds and less rain.
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Explain Freeze-Thaw weathering:
Water enters cracks in rock, temperatures drop the water freezes. The ice then expands and the puts pressure on the cracks. This is happens in a cycle.
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Describe Abrasion:
Sand is picked up by the win and blasted against rock wearing away the weaker rock shaping features such as rock pedestals.
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What are Wadi's?
Dry river valleys, can be caused by flash floods.
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How are camels adapted for deserts?
Store fat in their hump meaning they can go without food for long periods of time and have 2 rows of eyelashes to keep sand out.
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What is Ephemeral and Xerophytic?
Ephermal is where plant seeds lie dormant until they get rainfall and xerophytes are plants adapted to hot environments.
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How is the barrel cactus adapted to its environment?
Spikes to protect it from predators and collect moisture/rainfall, wide spread roots to gain moisture/nutrients.
Name the processes involved in the glacial system:
Plucking, abrasion, ablation, accumulation and transportation
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What is an Arete?
Narrow, knife edge ridge separating two corries
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What is a Pyramidal peak?
3 or more corries in the side of one mountain
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Name 3 challenges of living in a mountain environment:
Altitude, Avalanches, transport, farming
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Who are the indigenous people of the Altiplano in the Andes?
Aymara Indians.
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What crop is often farmed by the Aymara Indians?
Quinoa
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What has been built in La Peca?
Hydro electric power plant
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How many people were living in poverty in Haiti?
72% on less than $2 a day
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When was the Haiti quake?
January 2010
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What did the Haiti quake rate on the Richter scale?
7
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Damage/Death caused by the quake?
230,000 deaths, 270,000 injured 250,000 homes wrecked.
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Which plates is Haiti on?
Caribbean and North American.
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What happened to the port?
It was subject to liquifaction
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Why was the Japanese quake of 2012 not as bad?
They had more resources and money to prepare for a natural disaster.
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Front
How does Rain Shadow work?
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Warm air is carried in the win up a mountain, because of the steepness of the mountain the clouds release the moisture/rainfall so by the time the air/clouds have reached the other side of the mountain there is nothing but dry air creating deserts.
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