geog pop & migration & weather & climate

Question 1

population

Answer 1

the number of people living in a place

Question 2

what is the global population predicted to rise to

Answer 2

9 billion by 2045

Question 3

population density

Answer 3

the average number of people per square km (how crowded or empty a place is)

Question 4

factors that lead to a dense population

Answer 4

soil accessibility climates vegetation economy

Question 5

describing

Answer 5

uses words that are nouns or adjectives

Question 6

explaining

Answer 6

uses words that are verbs or adverbs

Question 7

migration

Answer 7

the movement from one place to another

Question 8

Immigrants

Answer 8

People who move into another country

Question 9

Emmigrants

Answer 9

People who move out of a country into another

Question 10

Net migration

Answer 10

The difference between both immigration and emigration in one country (maybe be a positive or negative number)

Question 11

International migration

Answer 11

moving from one country to another

Question 12

Economic migrants

Answer 12

People who move to another area to find work

Question 13

Rufugee

Answer 13

A person forced out of the country they were born in- usually in order to escape something

Question 14

illegal immigrant

Answer 14

Someone who is in a country without permission

Question 15

Asylum seeker

Answer 15

A person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another country

Question 16

Ethnic group

Answer 16

A group of people that shares the same culture language tradition or religion

Question 17

Internal migration

Answer 17

When people move from one part of the country to another.

Question 18

Hamlet

Answer 18

An isolated cluster of houses or farms usually with no shops or services

Question 19

Village

Answer 19

A community with a variety of houses some shops and other services

Question 20

Commute

Answer 20

To travel to and from another place of work

Question 21

Commuter village

Answer 21

A village often with hoisting estates close to a town or city people live there but commute to work elsewhere

Question 22

Urban

Answer 22

relating to the characteristic of a city or town.

Question 23

Rural

Answer 23

In the countryside

Question 24

What is the definition of weather

Answer 24

Day to day changes in the atmosphere at a given time and place

Question 25

What is the definition of climate

Answer 25

Long term weather pattern of an area (total average weather conditions recorded over 30 years)

Question 26

What is precipitation

Answer 26

A fancy word for rain

Question 27

How do you measure sunlight

Answer 27

Using a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder: measuring units: sunshine hours

Question 28

How do you measure rainfall

Answer 28

Using a rain gauge: unit- mm

Question 29

How do you measure temperature

Answer 29

Using a thermometer- unit: degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit

Question 30

How do you measure cloud cover

Answer 30

Using eyesight- unit: oktas

Question 31

How do you measure wind speed

Answer 31

Using an Anemometer- unit: mph

Question 32

What are the two sides of a mountain

Answer 32

Wayward and leeward

Question 33

What is the water cycle

Answer 33

The cycle of water between the ocean atmosphere and land

Question 34

Frontal rainfall

Answer 34

1) a warm air mass meets a cold air mass 2) warm air mass is forced to rise above the cold air mass 3) as the warm air mass rises it cools and condenses producing clouds 4) further forcing of the air causes precipitation to form

Question 35

Cirrcus

Answer 35

High clouds and wispy

Question 36

Convective rainfall

Answer 36

1) sun provides heat source heating the ground quickly 2) air rises very quickly through convection currents 3) as the air rises it cools rapidly 4) large clouds develop above the rising air as the air can't hold as much water 5) torrential rain and thunderstorms are produced

Question 37

What is a resevoir

Answer 37

A large lake where water is stored

Question 38

Cumulus

Answer 38

Fluffy clouds in good weather

Question 39

Cumulonimbus

Answer 39

Storm like clouds

Question 40

What is a depression

Answer 40

A low pressure system

Question 41

What is an anticyclone

Answer 41

A higher pressure system

Question 42

How do buildings cause microclimates

Answer 42

They break up wind speeds They absorb and then give off heat from the sun

Question 43

How do you measure wind direction

Answer 43

using a wind vane unit - compass directions

Question 44

How do you measure air pressure

Answer 44

using a barometer unit - millibars

Question 45

prevailing winds

Answer 45

winds FROM the southwest

Question 46

pressure

Answer 46

weight of the air pressing down on the earth

Question 47

what is low air pressure a sign of?

Answer 47

unsettled weather. lower the pressure the stormier the weather

Question 48

what is high air pressure a sign of?

Answer 48

fine weather. The higher the pressure the calmer the weather will be

Question 49

Orographic rainfall

Answer 49

Rainfall on the wayward side of a mountain

Question 50

airmass

Answer 50

lumps of the atmosphere

Question 51

polar maritime airmass

Answer 51

from Greenland / artic sea | has cold, wet air bringing cold showery weather

Question 52

tropical maritime airmass

Answer 52

from Atlantic | has warm, moist air bringing cloud, rain, and mild weather

Question 53

artic maritime airmass

Answer 53

from artic | has cold, wet air bringing snow in winter

Question 54

polar continental airmass

Answer 54

from Central Europe | hot air brings dry summers and cold air brings snow in winter

Question 55

tropical continental airmass

Answer 55

from North Africa | hot, dry air brings hot summers

Question 56

jetstream

Answer 56

unpredictable high wind

Question 57

how is rain shown on a climate graph

Answer 57

as bars

Question 58

how is temp shown on a climate graph

Answer 58

a dot to dot line