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Year 9 Social Studies > Background to Botany > Flashcards

Background to Botany Flashcards

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Impact

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The effect that something has on something else

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Evaluate

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Using information to make judgements or form opinions

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Justify

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Give reasons for a decision using evidence

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Compare

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Describe the major similarities between two things

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Contrast

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Describe the major differences between two things

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Iwi

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Tribe (Maori)

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Kai

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Food (Maori)

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Waka

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Canoe (Maori)

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Whare

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House (Maori)

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Rangatira

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Chief (Maori)

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Physical environment

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The natural environment eg sky, sea, land not made by people

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Geology

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The study of the rocks that form the earth

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Gondwanaland

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The southern part of a super continent that used to exist

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Tectonic plates

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The very large pieces that the earth’s crust is broken into

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Relief

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The height and shape of the land

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Climate

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The long term average state of the atmosphere eg a maritime climate

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Ecosystem

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The parts of the natural environment that interact: climate, relief, soils, vegetation

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Climategraph

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A graph that shows average monthly rainfall as a series of bars and average monthly temperature as a line graph

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Grid references

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On a topographic map, 6 figures that allow you to accurately locate something

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Contour lines

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Lines on a topographic map joining together places of equal height above sea level

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Topographic map

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A map that shows the natural and cultural features of the earth’s surface

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GIS

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Geographic Information Systems

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Location

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Where something is on the earth’s surface

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Primary data/evidence

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Data/evidence collected by you eg counting people, taking your own photographs

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Secondary data/evidence

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Data/evidence collected by someone else eg a newspaper article

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Migration

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When people move from one place to another to live

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Emigration

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When people leave a place and move to another place to live

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Immigration

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When people arrive in a place to live there

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Primary industries

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Farming, forestry, fishing, mining. Industries that take products directly from the land/sea

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Residential area

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An area of housing/apartments where people live

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Industrial area

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An area where there are mainly factories that produce/manufacture things eg washing machines, cars

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