Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the response to them (40) The British Isles have variable weather‚ which may differ from day to day and many storms can pass unnoticed. They regularly experience stormy weather from depressions mainly originating in the Atlantic and move East to the UK due to its location at about 50 degrees north where the Polar Jet Stream will often cross over bringing these unpredictable weather systems. Depressions are areas of low atmospheric
Premium United Kingdom British Isles Storm
Discuss the Impacts of Storm Events on the British Isles and evaluate the Responses to them (40 marks). In October 1987‚ the worst storm ever to hit the British Isles struck. It was caused by warm air from Africa meeting cold air from the Atlantic Ocean‚ forming an intense depression over the Bay of Biscay on the 15th of October. The depression moved northwards and then changed direction‚ heading directly for Britain. The depression was so intense that winds over the Hampshire coast exceeded 100km/h
Premium Wind Storm Tropical cyclone
Discuss the responses to one storm event in the British Isles you have studied. (10 marks) The Great Storm in Britain in 1987 had a number of devastating effects‚ including the death of 19 people in the UK and over £1.5 billion in insurance claims. However it is argued that some of these effects could have been avoided if the emergency services had been able to respond effectively. Fire services dealt with four months worth of calls in one night‚ but as in the worst affected areas phone lines were
Premium Atlantic Ocean Climate Ocean
To what extent is the climate of the British Isles a product of the air masses that affect it? (40 marks) The British Isles are a group of islands located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The climate is usually considered to be temperate maritime; however‚ the weather is very changeable from place to place and from time to time. Air masses greatly affect the weather experienced in the British Isles and therefore‚ its climate. An air mass is a body of air with uniform levels of temperature
Premium Climate Weather United Kingdom
Discuss the relative importance of physical and human factors in accounting for the changes to vegetation over time within ecosystems in the British Isles. With a temperate climate in the Northern Hemisphere‚ the British Isles bears a variety of trees and successions of plants‚ including deciduous trees. The main ecosystem of the country is made up from forest and lake biomes alongside heathlands and moorlands such as heather moorland. The changes to the vegetation over time can be affected by both
Premium Deciduous Plant Ecological succession
There are many factors that account for the changes to the vegetation over time within ecosystems in the British Isles‚ such as human activity‚ climate‚ soil‚ light availability and intensity and natural disasters. The characteristics of the vegetation that are influenced by these factors are height‚ distribution‚ variety of species‚ adaptations and density of the vegetation. Some of these factors have relatively little influence on the succession development‚ whereas others have a dramatic influence
Premium Ecological succession Ecosystem Ecology
Discuss the relative importance of physical and human factors in accounting for changes to vegetation over time within ecosystems in the British Isles (40 marks) The British Isles can be found in the Northern Hemisphere where deciduous forest is the main biome. Here physical and human factors have accounted for changes to the vegetation for many years. Human factors can include tourism‚ agriculture‚ urbanisation‚ interception and deforestation. Physical factors can be such things as natural disasters
Premium Ecological succession Ecosystem British Isles
LORD ULLINS DAUGHTER POEM ANALYSIS The atmosphere is one of the distinct characteristics of the poem Lord Ullin’s Daughter. The poem starts with an agitated atmosphere that arrests our attention. A chieftain of the highlands rushes to the seashore with his beloved and orders a boatman to row them across the sea without delay. He promises to give the boatman a silver pound. The chieftain’s restlessness and anxiety are evident here‚ though why he is in a hurry is not clear. It arouses the boatman’s
Premium Anxiety Sky Anger
Event Impact Analysis The Social Impacts of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival: Change in Community Perceptions and effect on Destination Image Introduction Event Industry ‘The biggest festival in the U.K history’ The Isle of Wight Act Social Impacts Methods of measurement Conclusion Introduction Cultural events such as festivals e.g. wine‚ food‚ music‚ have increased in popularity and this is evident around towns and cities. Such events contribute to the improvement
Premium Festival Event planning
Cereal Aisle Analysis Professor Shirley McLaughlin Consumer Behavior- Marketing 305 11.5.2013 1. Identify the store and the day and time you made your observation. For this assignment I went to Randall’s‚ a local grocery store in my area‚ where I observed consumer behavior. Upon arrival at Randall’s I decided that I would observe consumers on the shopping on the wine isle and in the dairy section. I observed on man and one woman on the wine isle (they were not together) and one woman
Premium Milk Price Marketing