Geography Flashcards
When was the Chernobyl disaster.
1986
How did the chernobyl disaster happen
The safety check left the rod out for to long causing it to explode.
What is globalisation?
Globalisation is the process of all the world’s economies becoming intergrated
Name the BRIC countries
Brazil Russia India China
What are TNC’s?
TNCs are companies that produce products, sell products or are located in more than one country (Trans-National Corporations)
How do TNC’s increase globalisation?
They increase globalisation by linking together countries through the production and sale of goods
Name a TNC
Any big company that has bases around the world. E.G. Nike
Give one advantage of a TNC
It provides new jobs with every new store that is built
Give one disadvantage of a TNC
Some companies that supply the TNC have very long working hours
What is industrialisation?
When countries that have traditionally relied on agriculture have seen a massive growth in their manufacturing industries recently
Define superpower nation
A nation which is able to project its power and influence anywhere in the world. It’s a dominant global force.
Name the 7 current superpowers
USA,China,Russia,India,France,UK and Brazil
Name 4 biomes
Tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rainforest, desert, Mediterranean, mountains
What biome is the uk in
Deciduous forest
What biome is most of russia in.
Coniferous forest.
What biome is north russia in
Tundra
What biome is rome in
Mediterranean
What biome is Egypt in
Desert
what biome is most of Namibia in
grassland
what biome is Brazil in?
rainforest
what is the biosphere?
The biosphere is dived into biomes.
what is an epiphyte?
a plant that grows on another plant in order to reach sunlight and it is not parasitic it gets it nurturance from air and pools of water
what are lianas?
vines that quickly grow around trees rapping them selves in order to get up to sunlight.
What are buttress roots?
roots that are wide to support trees and they shallow roots to capture nutrients close to surface.
What are Emergents?
Emergents reach through the dense canopy for light. they are slow growing tree which means they are hard woods . some of the tallest trees can be almost 65 meters high.
What are drip tips leaves
drip tip leaves are angled so that water can drip right of the leaves so that photosynthesis can continue. and they are waxy so that it can prevent mould and helps drain water from the leaves.
what is the canopy layer
these trees are approximately 30-40 meters tall they have waterlogged conditions and there is a great competition to reach the top in order to reach the sunlight.
what are the shrubs like in the rainforest?
they are waxy and jagged to prevent consumption from herbivores . They live of the 2% of light that reaches the forest floor . The shrubs are softwoods.
why are some leaves dark green?
Greater levels of chlorophyll are found on the leaves and it absorbs more light.
Name some adaptions that animals have in the boreal forest.
Thick fur - To deal with cold.
Antlers - For nurturance an to fight off predators.
Big feet - to avoid falling into the snow.
White fur - to blend in with the surrounding environment.
how did the British empire grow so quickly
Britain was the first countries to start there industrial revolution which meant there were to mass produce goods.
There navy was the best at the time which was key as they were an island and they need it to protect them.
Why did the British empire decline
- WW2 (The cost)
- New superpowers (USA Russia)
- Money ( Territories costed a lot to up hold)
What are the two acronyms for emerging super powers.
B Brazil
R Russia
I India
C China
M Mexico
I Indonesia
N Nigeria
T Turkey
What are IGO’s
Inter Governmental Organisations.
The world bank
The world Trade org
Name the stucture of the earth
Crust, mantel, outer core, inner core.
Name some plate tectonic theory?
Jigsaw fit
Convection currents
Study of fossils.
Name 6 major plate boundraies
Pacific plate
North american plate
Eurasian plate
South american plate
African plate
Indo-australian plate
Cocos plate
Jaun de fuca plate
Nazca plate
What is a covergent plate boundery
Were on side slips under the other one.
Which one is the conservertive plate boundary.
Plates that slip past each other
What are divergent plate boundaries
Plate boundary that slip away eachother.
