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KO End Of Unit Test 3 > Geography > Flashcards

Geography Flashcards

1
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A large fast-growing type of grass that forms stiff, strong stems

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Bamboo

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2
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A long lasting, renewable resource that when used does not damage the environment

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Sustainable resource

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3
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A part of the natural environment E.g. trees or the ocean that absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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Carbon sink

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4
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The removal of material by natural processes E.g. wind and rain

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Soil erosion

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5
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The cultivation of a single crop in a given area

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Monoculture

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6
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This is the number of miles that food has travelled from producer to consumer

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Food miles

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7
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A biome dominated by trees which lose their leaves seasonally

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Deciduous forest

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8
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A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical landscape

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Ecosystem

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9
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A diagram that shows the connections between different organisms (plants and animals) that rely upon each other as their source of food

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Food chain

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10
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A diagram that shows a complex hierarchy of organisms (plants and animals) that rely on each other for food

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Food web

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An organism or plant that is able to absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis

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Producer

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12
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Is an organism that eats other animals and/or plant matter

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Consumer

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13
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Is an organism such as bacteria or fungi that breaks down plant and animal matter

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Decomposer

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14
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An animal that is adapted to feed on plant material, for example foliage or the marine algae, for the main component of its diet

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Herbivore

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15
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An animal that can feed on both plant and animals

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Omnivore

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16
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A large-scale ecosystem eg. tropical rainforest

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Biome

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17
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A large-scale ecosystem that has long hot summers, with little rainfall

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Mediterranean Biome

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18
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A sudden flood that usually occurs due to heavy rain

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Flash flood

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19
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This is an underwater ecosystem made up of a ridge or mound of coral

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Coral reef

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20
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This is a tiny plant-like organism that provides food for coral

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Algae

21
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This forms in shallow water close and parallel to the coast

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Fringing reef

22
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This was originally a fringing reef but is now surrounded by deeper water to sea level rise

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Barrier reef

23
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This is a ring-shaped reef surrounded by deep water in the middle of the ocean

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Coral atoll

24
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This is the amount of SALt contained in something

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SALinity

25
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This is when CORAL forces out the algae living in it as a result of higher water temperatures leaving the coral white

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CORAL bleaching

26
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A built up area such as a town or city

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Urban

27
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An area of countryside

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Rural

28
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The development of INDUSTRy such as manufacturing in a country or region on a large scale

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INDUSTRialisation

29
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When an increasing percentage of a country’s population comes to live in towns and cities

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Urbanisation

30
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The spreading of a built up area onto Greenfield sites

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Urban growth

31
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This is the number of this is the number of miles that food has travelled from producer to consumer

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Food miles

32
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The general direction or pattern of something

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Trend

33
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This is the standard of health comfort and happiness experienced by an individual or group

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Quality of life

34
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Is the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year

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GDP

35
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A city with a population of over 10 million people

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Megacity

36
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A reason why people want to move to a place e.g. job opportunities

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Pull factor

37
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A reason that people want to move away from a place E.g. poor healthcare

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Push factors

38
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A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people

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Slum

39
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An area of quality houses with no or limited services water supply, electricity and sewerage

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Squatter settlement

40
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The movement of people from an area of countryside to a built-up area

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Rural to urban migration

41
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A country with GNI per capita lower than $1045

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LIC

42
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Countries that have begun to experience high rates of economic development usually along with rapid industrialisation

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NEE

43
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A country with a GNI per capita higher than £12,746

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HIC

44
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a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something with the potential to improve quality of life

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Opportunities

45
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A set of circumstances that makes it difficult to do something with the potential to decrease quality of life

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Challenge

46
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Differences between poverty and health as well as well-being and access to jobs, housing, education etc

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Inequality

47
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The provision of drainage and sewers

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Sewage

48
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Conditions caused by microorganisms transmitted within water eg. cholera

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Waterborne disease

49
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Conditions relating to public health especially the provision of cleaning drinking water and adequate sewage disposal

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Sanitation

KO End Of Unit Test 3 (5 decks)

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