Let's get thinking...

What do you think this image shows?

• A map of a country

• A diagram of the human heart

• A food web

• A weather chart

The image shows all of the drainage basins of which country?

• France

• United Kingdom (UK)

• Germany

• Spain

The drainage basins in the image have been coloured to show how they fit together like a ________.

• jigsaw

• puzzle piece

• river

• mountain

The processes that occur in the drainage basin are:

• Evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, and runoff

• Photosynthesis, respiration, and combustion

• Condensation, precipitation, and melting

• Erosion, deposition, and fossilization

How can we categorise the inputs, processes and stores in the drainage basin?

• As components of the drainage basin system

• As types of river channels

• As weather patterns

• As types of vegetation

Fill in the blank: Fluxes are measurements of the ________ of flow of material between the stores. Because fluxes are a rate, the units are mass per unit time.

Fill in the blank: Processes/flows are the physical mechanisms which drive the ________ of material between stores.

• flux

• storage

• creation

• removal

What is the main difference between 'fluxes' and 'processes/flows'?

According to the diagram, what are the units for stores and flows?

• Stores: thousands of cubic kilometres; Flows: thousands of cubic kilometres/year

• Stores: kilograms; Flows: kilograms/year

• Stores: litres; Flows: litres/year

• Stores: cubic metres; Flows: cubic metres/year

What does the map in the image represent?

• Political boundaries of Africa

• River basins or watersheds in Africa

• Population density in Africa

• Climate zones in Africa