Technique Equipment Description Justification (Why we did it – what would the results tell us?) Infiltration rate • Single ring Infiltrometer • Ruler • Water • Hammer • Measuring Tape • Stopwatch • Bucket First‚ a measuring tape was placed down along the 15m beach transect. Every 5 meter/15cm in diameter was hammered in to the wave cut platform. A bucket of water was then collected from the beach and poured into a 20cm high single-ring infiltrometer. We timed (with a stopwatch) how much
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Geography Argumentative Essay (Poverty) I agree to the statement “Poverty is the main reason for the shortage of food in the less developed countries” to a small extent. Although poverty is one of the main root causes of the shortage of food‚ there are other important and crucial reasons that have to be considered too. Shortage of food means a person consuming a minimum amount of food‚ and it is not enough for them to be healthy and lead an active life. They face malnutrition and one person die
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Chapter Review Human migration began in eastern Africa‚ where remains of the earliest types of human remains were found to originate. Gradual migration was caused by the need to find scarce food and slowly caused the spread of the human population across to the Americas and Australia. Agricultural societies first emerged in the middle east. Since population was increasing‚ it encouraged people to find a more reliable food source and since the ice age had come to an end‚ it brought the retreat
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Student Study Guide to accompany Human Geography Eighth Edition Jerome D. Fellmann University of Illinois‚ Urbana-Champaign Arthur Getis San Diego State University Judith Getis With Contributions by Jon C. Malinowski Updated by Jon C. Malinowski United States Military Academy‚ West Point NY i Student Study Guide to accompany HUMAN GEOGRAPHY‚ EIGHTH EDITION FELLMANN/GETIS/GETIS Published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education‚ an imprint of The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 1221
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Bibliography: London‚ Norrel and Mike Senior; Principles of geography for CXC: Addison Wesley Longman Limited‚ Enland‚ 1996 Rahil‚ Vohn: The New Caribbean geography with Map reading and CXC Questions: Caribbean Educational Publishers‚ Chaguanas‚ Trinidad 2002. Ask.com Google.com/images
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(expanding population) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given year (regardless of who produces it) Dividing the GDP by a nation’s total population gives us the per capita GDP Human Development Index (HDI) A measure of a country’s standard of living using its per capita GNI‚ years of education & life expectancy 1. OECD Countries (core) = .879 2. Latin America & the Caribbean = .704 3. Europe & Central Asia = .702 4. East
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Bright lights‚ colorful signs‚ and delicious smells‚ all are things that may be found in an ethnic neighborhood. An ethnic neighborhood is a neighborhood‚ where the majority‚ if not all the population is of the same belief‚ and follows the same religion. One of the most well-known neighborhoods in Chicago is Chinatown. Chinatown has many cultural traits that set it apart from neighboring areas; however there is always a looming threat of internal and external threats to its culture. China town
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When standing on the sand on the beach you can feel the sand being washed out from under your feet. The sand being washed out from under your feet as the waves wash over your feet is an example of wave erosion. Waves cause a type of erosion. This type of erosion is most often seen at the coast or along the edges of rivers and waterways. The velocity of waves are affected by slope‚ discharge‚ and shape of the channel of the waterway. Erosion is found on all coastlines in the world. The effect
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Narrabeen is a beachside suburb located on Sydney’s northern beaches with a population of just over 6000 people. It is known for its long stretch of beach‚ over 3 kilometres‚ with four beaches on this stretch: North Narrabeen‚ Narrabeen‚ South Narrabeen and Collaroy. The Narrabeen coastal environment consists of these beaches as well as the lagoon located at the north end of the beach. Surrounding areas are on a floodplain‚ meaning that high sea levels‚ large amounts of rain and runoff from nearby
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In The Geography of Bliss‚ Eric Weiner uses Iceland‚ Bhutan‚ and Moldova to reveal the necessity of cooperation and inconvenience‚ as these two factors ultimately determine each country’s respective happiness. He observes that a nation’s overall contentment increases when the people connect to one another or to nature by making compromises. He also explores the advantages of nationwide obstacles‚ as the shared inconveniences bring the affected people together. Ultimately‚ he discovers that cooperation
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