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Question 1: In areas of enhanced heat flow,geothermal heating can be used to supply heating to homes, eitherby using ground water directly or by placing a water reservoir atdepth. In Iceland, where the average temperature over the year is4.6ºC, the geothermal flux can be as high as 300 mWm-2.

  1. If you wanted to be able to supply a home with indoortemperature at 25ºC and water at a temperature of 55ºC, how deepwould your reservoir need to be? (1 mark)

  1. Why might Iceland have such a high geothermal flux compared toother areas?

  1. Does high geothermal flux accelerate the melting of ice sheets,why or why not?

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