Background to Botany Flashcards
Impact
The effect that something has on something else
Evaluate
Using information to make judgements or form opinions
Justify
Give reasons for a decision using evidence
Compare
Describe the major similarities between two things
Contrast
Describe the major differences between two things
Iwi
Tribe (Maori)
Kai
Food (Maori)
Waka
Canoe (Maori)
Whare
House (Maori)
Rangatira
Chief (Maori)
Physical environment
The natural environment eg sky, sea, land not made by people
Geology
The study of the rocks that form the earth
Gondwanaland
The southern part of a super continent that used to exist
Tectonic plates
The very large pieces that the earth’s crust is broken into
Relief
The height and shape of the land
Climate
The long term average state of the atmosphere eg a maritime climate
Ecosystem
The parts of the natural environment that interact: climate, relief, soils, vegetation
Climategraph
A graph that shows average monthly rainfall as a series of bars and average monthly temperature as a line graph
Grid references
On a topographic map, 6 figures that allow you to accurately locate something
Contour lines
Lines on a topographic map joining together places of equal height above sea level
Topographic map
A map that shows the natural and cultural features of the earth’s surface
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
Location
Where something is on the earth’s surface
Primary data/evidence
Data/evidence collected by you eg counting people, taking your own photographs
