year 9 geog summary

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GCSE geography Mind Map on year 9 geog summary, created by warwick pallister on 12/05/2016.
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year 9 geog summary
  1. Volcanoes
    1. secondary cone: forms when the main vent is blocked
      1. lava: lava spews down on the side of the volcano and turns into rock making the volcano larger.
        1. magma camber: stores any molten rock
          1. pyroclastic flow:a deadly hot cloud that rushes down the side of a volcano pompeii
            1. crater: the opening at the top of the volcano
            2. Energy
              1. RENEWABLE
                1. wind
                  1. solar
                    1. transfers suns light via energy via photovoltaic cells
                    2. geothermal
                      1. Tidal
                        1. depending on the tide, the water under the surface turns a turbine powers a generator like an underwater wind farm
                          1. uncommon
                            1. need constant care
                          2. HYDRO-ELECTRIC
                            1. is due to water being released from dams the water falls downwards spinning a turbine and turing a generator
                          3. NON-RENWABLE
                            1. COAL
                              1. oil
                                1. GAS
                                  1. fossil fuels
                                    1. acid rain is created when power stations industries and vehicles release gases into the atmosphere releasing gases such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides .water droplets become polluted and when it rains the rain is acidic which destroys trees and vegetation and statues and infects lakes
                              2. China
                                1. development
                                  1. education
                                    1. life expectancy
                                      1. average age
                                        1. death rate
                                          1. energy
                                            1. national income
                                              1. health care
                                              2. rural to urban
                                                1. more money
                                                  1. more jobs
                                                    1. better lifestyle
                                                      1. can make millions
                                                        1. expensive
                                                          1. cheap accommodation
                                                            1. bad housing
                                                              1. slums
                                                            2. facts
                                                              1. rivers: yangtze huang he and pearl rivers
                                                                1. 1.3 billion people
                                                                  1. communist
                                                                    1. many climates
                                                                      1. most live in south east
                                                                    2. glaciers
                                                                      1. DRUMLINS
                                                                        1. They are formed when moraine being pushed at the front of the glacier is deposited and over years forms as a hill.
                                                                          1. corries normally form on the north east facing side of a mountain and form when a glacier rips of the side of a mountain
                                                                            1. If two or more corries form on the same mountain arêtes are formed
                                                                            1. EROSIAN
                                                                              1. Striations
                                                                                1. deep cuts in rocks caused by rocks stuck to the bottom of the glacier and scratching the surface
                                                                                2. Plucking
                                                                                  1. the glacier sticks to rock and as it moves it tears away bits of rock
                                                                                  2. Thaw freezing
                                                                                    1. water goes in crake in rocks it then expands as it freezes making the crack bigger this repeats itself over and over again until the rock shatters
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