Geography

Question 1

Birth Rate

Answer 1

The number of births in a country a year per 1000 people

Question 2

Death Rate

Answer 2

The number of deaths in a country in a year per 1000 people

Question 3

Population Density

Answer 3

How people are spread around; in a country or area.

Question 4

Density Populated

Answer 4

Lots of people live there.

Question 5

Sparely Populated

Answer 5

Very few people live there.

Question 6

Fetch

Answer 6

The length of water the wind blows over, before it meets the coasts.

Question 7

Erosion

Answer 7

wearing away of rock, stones and soil by rivers, the wind glaciers.

Question 8

Transportation

Answer 8

the carrying away of material by rivers, waves, the wind glaciers

Question 9

Deposition

Answer 9

to drop material; Waves deposit sand and small stones in sheltered parts.

Question 10

Tide

Answer 10

the rise and full in sea level, due mainly to the pull of the moon.

Question 11

Abarsion

Answer 11

sand and pebbles fund against rock.

Question 12

Attrition

Answer 12

chunks of rock banging together

Question 13

Groynes

Answer 13

barriers of wood or stone down a beach, to stop sand being washed away.

Question 14

Headland

Answer 14

land that juts out into the sea.

Question 15

Coast

Answer 15

where the land meets the sea. There is coast all around Britain.

Question 16

Longshore drift

Answer 16

the movement of sand and other material parallel to the shore, carried along by the waves.

Question 17

Hydraulic Action

Answer 17

the action of water pressure in breaking up rock. (type of erosion)

Question 18

Population Distributuion

Answer 18

how the population is spread around

Question 19

Shingle

Answer 19

small pebbles deposited by the waves

Question 20

Sparely Populated Area

Answer 20

very few people live there.

Question 21

Spit

Answer 21

a strip of sand or shingle

Question 22

Wave-cut Platform

Answer 22

the flat rocky are left behind when waves erode.

Question 23

Deposit

Answer 23

to drop material; waves deposit sand and small stones in sheltered parts of the coast, forming beaches.

Question 24

Retrememt

Answer 24

a sloping barrier, usually of wood or concrete, built to absorb the energy of the waves.

Question 25

Rock Armour

Answer 25

a big barrier of larger rocks put in lace to absorb the energy of the waves