Norfolk Broads

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Norfolk Broads

• This may be useful as a back-up case study if
  you forget the rainforest.
• Some of you might just prefer this to the
  Rainforest or weather

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By the end of the lesson

• All of you will have remembered the main issues
  with the Norfolk Broads case study
• Most of you will have made detailed notes on the
  Norfolk Broads, and attempted the GCSE exam
  question
• Some of you will have made detailed notes on the
  Norfolk Broads and successfully completed the
  GCSE exam question

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What are the Norfolk Broads?

• What are the Broads?The Norfolk Broads are large
  shallow lakes which arose from peat diggings in
  mediæval times where mediæval man dug peat for
  his fires. They became flooded during the 14th
  Century as sea levels rose. In all there are 40
  Broads which vary in size. Each Broad has its own
  character and most are linked by rivers and
  channels creating a total of 120 miles of
  waterways.

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Where are the Norfolk Broads?
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Why are the Norfolk Broads a popular tourist
destination?
Explain this using the picture to help
you. Answer in the box on the sheet
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Wildlife at the Broads

• The Broads are famous for wildlife providing
  unique habitats unrivalled anywhere in Britain -
  ducks, geese and swans are everywhere and there's
  no shortage of herons. Up to 100 pairs of Herons
  nest in Broadland each year. Other birds on the
  Broads include Bittern, Coot, Marsh Harrier,
  Great Crested Grebe and Cormorants. Watch out for
  bearded tits or a marsh harrier, the Norfolk
  Aeshna - a big brown dragonfly and the plants
  Marsh Sowthistle and Milk Parsley which grows
  nowhere else in Britain.

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Are the Norfolk Broads a natural ecosystem?

• The answer is
• Sort of!
• They were of course formed when mediaeval man dug
  out the peat bogs (artificial)
• But they are inhabited by a vast array of
  wildlife (natural)

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What are the major issues?

• Vegetation succession (see handout)
• Eutrophication (see separate PowerPoint)
• How people are using the ecosystem e.g. Boats,
  sewage, fertiliser
• Man Created the Broads. Is Man destroying it
  too?

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Recap on Vegetation succession and Eutrophication
Press escape, then double click this to see
another PowerPoint
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Case Study Card
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Case Study Card

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Your task over Easter

• Be realistic with yourself
• Youve got 5 weeks after Easter until your exams
  begin
• Youve got at least 8 subjects to revise for
• Start to go over the notes weve made so far, and
  read through your old exercise books

Complete the exam paper questions you have been
given Try to have a go at completing it in time
limit given