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[1] [2] [3] It aims to explain and predict the distribution and dynamics of human and physical geography through the collection and analysis of quantifiable data. [4] The approach quantitative geographers take is generally in line with the scientific method, where a falsifiable hypothesis is generated, and then tested through observational ...
In June, Paper 3 of the Mathematics GCSE (Higher Tier, 1MA1/03) appeared to contain an exam question which was published in an AQA (another British exam board) Further Mathematics textbook. The exam question had the same diagram, values and answer as the question in the textbook. Pearson Edexcel said that they were investigating how this might ...
A definition of urban heat island is: "The relative warmth of a city compared with surrounding rural areas." [14]: 2926 This relative warmth is caused by "heat trapping due to land use, the configuration and design of the built environment, including street layout and building size, the heat-absorbing properties of urban building materials, reduced ventilation, reduced greenery and water ...
Human geography – one of the two main subfields of geography is the study of human use and understanding of the world and the processes that have affected it. Human geography broadly differs from physical geography in that it focuses on the built environment and how space is created, viewed, and managed by humans, as well as the influence humans have on the space they occupy.
We define P 1 as the player moving first and P 2 as the player moving second and name the nodes N 1 to N n. In the above figure, P 1 has a winning strategy as follows: N 1 points only to nodes N 2 and N 3. Thus P 1 's first move must be one of these two choices. P 1 chooses N 2 (if P 1 chooses N 3, then P 2 will choose N 9 as that is the only ...
In 650 BC, the Babylonians predicted the weather from cloud patterns as well as astrology.In about 350 BC, Aristotle described weather patterns in Meteorologica. [3] Later, Theophrastus compiled a book on weather forecasting, called the Book of Signs. [4]
Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of seismology concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude of future earthquakes within stated limits, [1] [a] and particularly "the determination of parameters for the next strong earthquake to occur in a region". [2]
Coarse-grained sediment like sand would have a higher hydraulic conductivity and are predicted by the equation to form a relatively higher drainage density system than a system formed by finer silt with a lower hydraulic conductivity. [6] Forest fires play an indirect role in a basin’s drainage density. Forest fires, both natural and ...