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GEOG0005

GEOG0005A4UE

Understanding our Planet

Undergraduate

26-Apr-2023

GEOG0005: UNDERSTANDING OUR PLANET

Answer TWO questions from the following.  Answers should be based upon the material and concepts covered in the course lectures and additional associated wider reading.

MAXIMUM word limit for each answer: 1000 words.

Start each answer on a new page in the same document and include the question number and question at the start of the answer.

1.      Discuss how the intensification of precipitation in a warming world impacts hydrological processes and water resources.

2.      Briefly explain why an increase in atmospheric concentrations of long-lived greenhouse gases causes an increase in the surface temperature of the Earth, and then describe how  this response is affected by climate feedback mechanisms.

3.      Describe and explain the major changes in the geomorphology of the Andes from the tropics to the southern-most tip of South America.

4.      Describe and explain the feedbacks between vegetation, hydrological and atmospheric processes at different spatial scales.

5.      Discuss how the nine steps in the disaster cycle apply to a specific ‘natural ’ hazard.