St Ivo School Geography Department - GCSE REVISION Solar Output – variations in amount of energy given off by sun – sunspots can affect solar output – e.g. reduction in sunspot activity between 1645-1715 likely cause of Little Ice Age Orbital Geometry – earth’s orbit of the sun varies in shape – when circular glacial periods have occurred‚ when elliptical warmer periods result (Milankovitch Cylces) www.geobytesgcse.wordpress.com Name and describe 2 external factors which affect climate change
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Subject Review Questions and Solutions 1. Capital markets may operate under auction‚ over-the-counter or intermediated modes. Distinguish between these types of operation. Auction markets require the financial asset to be identical in terms of risk and cashflow & liquidity – the assets are then traded on a centralised exchange where all parties know prices – an example is the stock exchange – each share in a particular company is identical to all the others therefore you can have an auction
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EXERCISE Question 1 a) Two point of charges of opposite sign and same magnitude 3.5 μC are separated by a distance of 5 cm. Find (i) the magnitude and direction of the electric field strength‚ E at the midpoint between the charges. (ii) the magnitude and direction of the force F on an electron placed at the midpoint. Answer: i) E net = 1.008x108 N/C toward the –ve charge ii) F net = 1.6128x10-11 N toward +ve charge
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F40 BMA Tutorial 4 1. A man is driving at 120 km/h along a straight road and he looks to the side for 2.0 s‚ how far does he travel during this inattentive period? [66.7 m] 2. A horse canters away from its trainer in a straight line‚ moving 160 m away in 17.0 s. It then turns abruptly and gallops halfway back in 6.8 s. Calculate (a) its average speed and (b) its average velocity for the entire trip‚ using “away from the trainer” as the positive direction. [10.1 m/s; 3.36 m/s]
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Perfect competition Learning outcomes You should be able to: Describe the assumed characteristics of perfect competition: a large number of firms; a homogeneous product‚ freedom of entry and exit (no barriers to entry or exit); perfect information and perfect resource mobility (factors of production can move easily in and out of the market) Explain‚ using a diagram‚ the shape of the perfectly competitive firm’s average revenue and marginal revenue curves‚ indicating that the assumptions of perfect
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observations‚ trying to understand English culture and to explain what it means to be English. Her book describes and provides a commentary on English culture‚ identifying a number of English norms such as owning a mobile phone. This is a common practice regardless of gender‚ class‚ ethnicity and age. She describes how mobile phones are used in a number of ways‚ for example as a status symbol for youth‚ and providing males with a focus on what technological aspects the mobile has and what it can
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1. What is the intended role of each of the institutions and intermediaries discussed in the case for the effective functioning of capital markets? In an effective functioning of capital markets‚ the institution and intermediaries help investors and companies to make decisions. This is because they do not have enough information or infrastructure to know how the capital markets work. In details‚ here are the examples of role of players in the institutions and intermediaries. Venture capitalist:
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Majeed Thaika Year 10-11 ------------------------------------------------- Contents 1 Cells…………………………………………………………………….…..pg-05 -Animal and plant cells (pg-05) -Specialised cells (pg-06) -diffusion (pg-07) -osmosis (pg-08) 2 Plants…………………………………………………………..………….pg-09 -photosynthesis (pg-09) -Factors affecting photosynthesis (pg-10) -Plants and minerals (pg-11) 3 Food Chains and Cycles………………………...………………….pg-12 -Food chain (pg-12) -Energy transfer (pg-13) -Pyramids of biomass
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Topic 1- CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEFINITIONS Fundamental Concepts Land defined in Bernstein v Skyview – doesn’t extend to airspace as well. Defeats traditional view that land is everything up to the heavens etc. Land includes corporeal hereditaments- the land and what is attached to it‚ as well as incorporeal hereditaments- Rights over land including easements and rights of way. Sellers usually write a list of what they see as fixtures and what they see as chattels Botham v TSB Bank plc [1996]
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IGCSE Biology 2012 exam revision notes by Samuel Lees Contents: Section I: Characteristics and classification of living organisms 1. Characteristics of living organisms 2. Classification and diversity of living organisms 2.1 Concept and use of a classificatory system 2.2 Adaptations of organisms to their environment 3. Simple Keys Section II: Organisation and maintenance of the organism 1. Cell structure and organisation 2. Levels of organisation 3. Size of specimens 4. Movement in and out
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