Geography flashcards
What does the weather mean?
Weather right here right now
What is the climate?
The average weather based over 30 years or more.
What is precipitation?
When water, hail, snow or sleet falls from the sky.
What is evaporation
When water turns into a gas or water vapour
What is the water cycle?
It shows the continuous movement of water within the earth.
What are pull factors?
things that will make someone want to go to a place.
What are push factors?
Things that will push someone away from a place and make them not want to go
What are examples of pull factors?
Good job opportunities, lots of entertainment, better education, high income, nice weather, good medical services
What are examples of push factors?
Lack of job opportunities, not good education, poor medical care, poverty, wars, natural disasters, not nice weather, isolated, no entertainment
What is rural-urban migration?
Moving from the countryside or a small village to the city.
What is international migration?
The act of moving from one country to another.
What was chinas policy called to control population?
The one child policy
What is population density?
The number of people living in a particular area
What is population distribution?
Where people are/live
What is a climate graph?
A graph that shows the temperature and the precipitation and how it Varys.
What can water be used for?
Showering, pools, drinking, washing dishes and washing clothes.
What is water surplus?
Where the water supply is higher than the amount needed.
What is water deficit?
Where water demands exceeds water supply.
What is water stress?
Where the amount of water in an area is limiting development and population.
What causes flooding?
Heavy rainfall, glaciers melting and saturated soils.
What is a population pyramid?
A type of bar chart used to show the amount of people in each age group and what gender they are.
How is population changing?
More people are living longer and less people are having babies.
What is ageing population?
When there is a greater percentage of people over the age of 65.
What is natural increase?
The difference between birth rate and death rate.
What are reasons for ageing population?
People living longer, better medication, contraceptions, better facilities, women having less babies.
Why did china make a one child policy?
The country was overpopulated
What is conventional rain?
Rain driven by the heat from the sun.
What is a migrant?
A person who moves from one place to another.
What is a refugee?
A person who has been allowed to stay in a place for protection.
What is an asylum seeker?
A person who moves country because they have been kicked out of their own country.
What is an emigrant?
A person who moves from their birth country.
What’s an immigrant?
A person who moves to a country which is not your country of birth.
