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Geography Flashcards

1
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What does population distribution mean

A

The spread of people across the country

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2
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What is population density

A

Number of people per square km

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3
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The start of a river is called….

A

The source

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4
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A water fall is a…

A

Step in a river

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5
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A turn in a river is called a ….

A

Meander

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6
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What is it called when the river meets the see

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The mouth of the river

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7
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What is the longest river in Britain

A

The river Severn

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8
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What is a tributary

A

A small river that joins a bigger river

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9
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How is a waterfall made

A

River erodes the soft rock
The hard rock left collapses
Hard rock creates a deep plunge pool
This process repeats

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10
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What is an oxbow lake

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Where a meander creates a circles and then is cut off from the main river

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11
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What happened in Sutton Coldfield in 1954

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It rained frogs !

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12
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Name the continents

A 
Europe
Africa
North America
South America
Asia
Antarctica 
Oceania
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13
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3 facts about lines of latitude

A

Lines that run across the map
Are parallel
Get smaller close to the pole

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14
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What degree of latitude is the North Pole

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Ninety degrees

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15
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What degree of latitude is the equator

A

Zero degrees

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16
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Name the two tropics and their line of latitude

A

Cancer 23.5 degree north

Capricorn 23.5 degree south

17
Q

What are three facts about line of longitude

A

Lines go up and down the earth
Measures from east and west of Greenwich
They all meet at the poles…like slices of a chocolate orange

18
Q

What the points of a compass

A 
North...moving clockwise
North east
East
South east
South west
West
North west
19
Q

How is height measured and what are the 3 ways it’s shown on a map

A

Height is measured from distance from sea level and is measured by
Spot heights
Layer colouring
Contours

20
Q

What is an ecosystem

A

It is what sustained life in an area

21
Q

What is the definition of a desert

A

An area with less the 250ml rain each year

22
Q

Where are most rainforests found

A

In between the trips of cancer and Capricorn

23
Q

Why is it hot on the equator

A

Sun is always high in the sky

Small area to heat up

24
Q

From top to bottom list the layers of the rainforest

A 
Emergents
Canopy
Lianas
Straight trunks
Shrub layer
Buttress roots
25
Q

What’s is deforestation and why is it happening

A

Destruction of the forest to build roads and plant crops

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