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GEOG0005 - Understanding our Planet
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GEOG0005: UNDERSTANDING OUR PLANET
Answer TWO questions. You have TWO hours to complete your answers.
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. Explain the mechanisms and major feedback processes governing how an increase in
the abundance of greenhouse gases affects the surface temperature of Earth.
2. Describe TWO of Earth's biomes, state where they are located and discuss why they
are found there.
3. Compare the distributions of land and ocean in the Northern and Southern high
latitudes and explain how they lead to differences between the cryosphere in these
regions.
4. Discuss how global warming influences terrestrial hydrological processes including
runoff, groundwater recharge, and meltwater flows from the cryosphere.
5. Explain the major controls on the height and shape of Earth’s large-scale (greater than
kilometre scale) landforms.
6. Explain why oceans are salty and discuss how the salt content of the oceans varies
geographically.