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AQA A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY WATER AND CARBON CYCLE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

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AQA A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY WATER AND CARBON CYCLE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS




Precipitation - correct answer water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or
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hail.



Evapotranspiration - correct answer The evaporation of water from soil plus the transpiration of water from
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plants.



Runoff - correct answer Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers
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Interception storage - correct answer precipitation falls on the vegetation surfaces (canopy) or human cover.
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temporarily stored. Intercepted water either evaporated directly to the atmosphere, absorbed by the canopy
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surfaces or ultimately transmitted to the ground surface.
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Tropical rainforests intercept 58% rainfall
y y y y




Surface storage - correct answer The total volume of water held on the Earth's surface in lakes, ponds and
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puddles.

,Soil water storage - correct answer Water stored in the soil - clay 40-60%, sand 20-45%
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Groundwater storage - correct answer The storage of water underground in permeable rock strata
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Channel storage - correct answer Water held in a river or stream channel
y y y y y y y y y y y y




Vegetation storage - correct answer Any moisture taken up by vegetation and held within plants
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Stemflow - correct answer the flow of intercepted water down the trunk or stem of a plant
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Infiltration - correct answer the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
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Overland flow - correct answer water flowing across the soil surface on a hillslope, usually resulting from
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precipitation falling faster than the ground can absorb it
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Channel flow - correct answer The flow of water in a river
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Throughfall - correct answer Water that reaches the ground either directly or after being intercepted by
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vegetation.



Throughflow - correct answer Water flowing through the soil layer parallel to the surface
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Percolation - correct answer The downward movement of water through soil and rock due to gravity.
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Ground water flow - correct answer water running underground
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positive water balance - correct answer precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration
y y y y y y y y

, negative water balance - correct answer Evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation
y y y y y y y y




Q + E + (S) = P - correct answer runoff + evapotranspiration + change in storage = precipitation
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Relief rainfall - correct answer caused by uplifting and cooling of moist air over mountains
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Frontal rainfall - correct answer When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass the warm air rises
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y




Convectional rainfall - correct answer Precipitation formed by rising currents of warm, moist air
y y y y y y y y y y y y y




accumulation - correct answer glacial system inputs due to snowfall y y y y y y y y y




ablation - correct answer output of glacial system due to melting
y y y y y y y y y y




Sublimation - correct answer solid to gas y y y y y y




Condensation - correct answer Gas to liquid y y y y y y




latent heat - correct answer the heat required to convert a solid into a liquid or vapor, or a liquid into a vapor,
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y




without change of temperature. y y y




Evaporation - correct answer Liquid to gas y y y y y y




closed system - correct answer no energy or matter is transferred into + beyond system boundary - global
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y




open system - correct answer matter and energy transferred from system across boundary into environment -
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y




ecosystems



isolated system - correct answer A system that can exchange neither energy nor matter with its surroundings.
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y

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