Hydrograph feed-in P, Q and R

http://youtu.be/rlDLzifm-Z8

Video feed-in for exam question Suggest reasons for any differences that you have observed between hydrographs P, Q and R (7 marks)

Video feed-in River Severn hydrograph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwSFbyxWatA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The mark scheme should really be enough if you use it carefully.

Video feed-in for Explain the effects of vegetation on river discharge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0RuDUS3j4o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sorry its late I have had a tech nightmare!  Enjoy!

Tuesday Cover work

Title:  How was the Pinatubo volcanic threat and eruption managed?  How did humans respond to the threat and event?

Use reading from the VLE to find out what actions were taken prior to the eruption, in the event of the eruption and after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.  Write up the ideas on paper and bring to Friday lesson.

Mt Etna Lesson 1

Use the links below AND YOUR OWN SEARCHING to build up some research material on Etna.  What is it like?  What does it look like?  What features does it have?  What happens during eruptions?  What damage is caused?

http://www.angelfire.com/va3/etna_analysis/Consequences.htm
http://www.photovolcanica.com/VolcanoInfo/Etna/Etna.html

River Quaggy River Restoration

http://www.therrc.co.uk/case_studies/skerne_brochure.pdf

Year 12 cover work Tuesday

Year 12

Apologies that I'm not back today, hope you are all working hard!!!  Please do work below:-

Open a word doc and create a table with 2 columns and 10 rows.  In column 1 write type in the questions below and in column 2 answer them.
1. What is Primary energy?
2. What is secondary energy?
3.  What is another term used for renewable energy?
4.  What is a renewable resource?
5.  What is a non-renewable resource?
6.  What is another ten for a non-renewable resource?
7. What 2 resources have to be managed carefully if considered to be renewable?
8.  How can wood be managed carefully?
9.  What resources are renewable and will be available no matter how much we use?
10. What are the two types of reserves? (that part of a resource that is available for use)

Save and print for Friday.

Open another doc and do the same for the questions below:-

1.  Name 2 examples of energy TNC's
2.. What does OPEC stand for?
3.  Name one thing OPEC does
4.  Why has OPEC's power declined?
5.  How many OPEC countries are there?
6.  What are two ways natural gas can be transported?
7.  What are TNC's?
8.  What role do TNC's play in energy?
9.  How many countries does BP operate in?
10. What does BP do?

Save and print.  Open a final doc and answer these questions:-
1.  What is biomass energy?
2.  How can fuelwood spoil the env?
3.  How many people die annually from burning biomass?
4.  How many people globally do not have access to electricity?
5.  Why are fossil fuels popular?
What is the projected average annual growth 2007-2030 for
coal
oil
gas
nuclear
HEP
Biomass
other renewable
6.  What 4 environmental problems are created by burning fossil fuels?
7.  List 5 problems of Acid rain in named places
8.  What 4 impacts does mining fossil fuels have on the env?  Include named egg's.
9.  What is your example of an oil drilling accident, what were the impacts?
10.  What is your example of a oil transport accident, what were the impacts?

Save and print for Friday please.

Shale Gas

Use these links and any others you can find on search engines, to gain an understanding of what shale gas is, how it is extracted and what the potential gains and risks are. (What is it? How is it extracted? What are the potential benefits?  What are the potential risks?)

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/meeting_energy/oil_gas/shale_gas/shale_gas.aspx

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/17/shale-gas-fracking-uk

Biomass Reading

http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk/portal/page?_pageid=76,15049&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL



http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/supply-chain-problems-threaten-to-disrupt-uk-biomass-plans-897.aspx

http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk/portal/page?_pageid=76,15068&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

China and air pollution reading

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-coal-and-clean-air-coexist-china

Year 12 Session 4 Revision: The river cross profile

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?video_id=2E3UWEW_spY

Revision session 6 Rejuvenation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McP1-FOMWv0&list=HL1334321193&feature=mh_lolz

Revision session 5 River landforms

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?video_id=thxbH2YDjiQ

On this blog you will find a list of all the landforms you are required to know. You need a fair amount of detail for each landform and you must include key terms in your explanations. To help you with this, I have gone through each landform and listed all the terms I feel you should be using. Write your answers and then check you have included all the terms I have mentioned. These questions are very straight forward and it is your chance to pick up full marks - but you have to learn your stuff!

Rivers Revision 3 Long Profile and Valley Charateristics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yirD2A9-mg&feature=youtu.be

Rivers Revision 2 Hydrographs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzJ86Zv3Bhg&context=C448c727ADvjVQa1PpcFPTYo6WIBkqMRo68FL6CHxHYEKXT_keyHg=

Rivers Revision 1 Key terms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg6BbluyUuc&feature=plcp&context=C4438580VDvjVQa1PpcFPTYo6WIBkqMdpgwX9U74pOnaBSQUtRomo%3D

Lesson 12 China's energy mix and sustainability exam question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEsHX5or2w&context=C32492ddADOEgsToPDskKJAPI95t_yUwzBUE4eZNMM

Comment on how China's energy mix can be made more sustainable (15 marks)

Nuclear Power

This clip is 2 mins and introduces how nuclear accidents are measured on a scale.
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science/nuclear-science-videos.htm

Lesson 4 Energy Solar Power

What is solar power and how does it work?  What are the benefits and drawbacks?

1.Watch clips below

2. Read 'Solar energy: A renewable resource'

3.  Using the booklet, tabulate the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy

4.  Answer exam question 'Comment on the advantages and disadvantages of using solar energy as a source of energy' (6 marks)

HW:  Read textbooks p.266-269, answer questions 1-4 on p.269


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFDn6eTV0jQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27KZ0ng6VO4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=x4CTceusK9I

Energy Lesson 3 Wave and Tidal

These clips are good to watch to refamiliarise yourselves with Tidal and Wave machines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSBACzRE3Gw


http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/wave-power-hydroelectricity-and-wind-farms/475.html

Year 9 HW

http://blog.halbergphotographers.com/categories/wedding-and-portrait-photographers-santa-barbara/average-weekly-food-consumption-of-families-around-the-world/

energy lesson 10 be ex qu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZi33-5K-yY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

You need to use examples for each impact you write about.  Use China reading and p.264 to help with acid rain examples.  Use a named mine, a named oil tanker spill, a named oil rig accident.

Energy Lesson 1 HW

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2BU1HYBnLg

Guidance on exam question on soft vs hard engineering

http://youtu.be/lM6AzpZsaCc

Meander migration

http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/schools/blythebridge/GCSERiversRevisionMC.htm

http://www.wiley.com/college/strahler/0471480533/animations/ch17_animations/animation1.html (this recaps meander formation)

Energy Cefn Croes Reading HW

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hills/cc/emain.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2003341.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2065405.stm