Statistics for A level Physical Geography: Water

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The only open system in the water cycle where local factors control the throughput of water through a local store.	Drainage Basin	78%
Release of water in liquid state	Precipitation	78%
A situation where pressure systems and weather patterns reverse in the Southern hemisphere	El Nino	67%
Water entering the top soil	Infiltration	67%
Temporary storage as water is captured by plants, buildings and hard surfaces before reaching the soil	Interception	67%
When 'normal' pressure systems and weather patterns intensify	La Nina	67%
The downward seepage of water through rock under gravity	Percolation	67%
Water is taken up by plants and is formed onto the leaf surface	Transpiration	67%
Water availability falls below 1000m³ per person	Water Scarcity	67%
When gaseous water transforms to liquid state	Condensation	56%
The store of water in solid state (store)	Cryospheric	56%
The conversion of water to vapour	Evaporation	56%
The combined effect of evaporation and transpiration	Evapotranspiration	56%
When cold air meets a weather front, warm air rises above cold air which then cools and condenses, falling as rain. (Rainfall)	Frontal	56%
Air is forced upwards due to the relief of an area. This air cools and condenses, falling as rain. (Rainfall)	Orographic	56%
Flow of water over the surface when the ground is saturated, frozen or impermeable	Surface runoff	56%
The flow of hot and cold water around the oceans	Thermohaline Circulation	56%
Precipitation (P) = Streamflow (Q) +Evapotranspiration (E) Changes in storage (S)	Water Balance	56%
The store of water in gas state (store)	Atmospheric	44%
Where larger rivers cross several different relief and climate zones (river regime)	Complex	44%
The amount of precipitation remaining after evapotranspiration	Effective Rainfall	44%
The amount of water that could be evaporated and/or transpired from an area if there was sufficient water available	Potential Evapotranspiration	44%
Where a river experiences a period of seasonally high discharge followed by low discharge (river regime)	Simple	44%
The hidden flow of water when food or other commodities are traded	Virtual Water	44%
The amount of water usually available within a particular region	Base flow	33%
Thermal energy from the sun causes air to rise into the atmosphere. This cools, condenses and falls as rain (Rainfall)	Convectional	33%
The summation of all water in the seas and oceans (store)	Oceanic	33%
The summation of all water on the land surface and in the subsurface (store)	Terrestrial	33%
Consumption exceeds 10% of its renewable freshwater supply	Water Stress	33%
Ways in which water accelerates under gravity	Gravitational Potential Energy	22%