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Meaning of Latitude?

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Parallel lines north-south equator

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Meaning of Longitude

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Lines drawn North Pole- South Pole.

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What is the Mid Atlantic Ridge

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Mountain chain, runs north - south in middle of Atlantic Ocean.

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What is Rift Valley?

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Narrow steep sided valley formed by collapse of land.

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Meaning of fault

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Tear or fracture in earths crust.

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What are plate tectonics?

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Theory used to explain formation of landforms

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Meaning of crust?

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Thin outer layer of earth made of roxk

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What is a constructive plate margin?

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Two plates move away from eachother.

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What is a destructive plate margin?

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Two plates move towards eachother.

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What is a Conservative plate margin?

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Two plates slide alongside eachother.

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What is an earthquake?

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Violent shaking ground.

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What is an epicentre?

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Point on surface directly above focus of earthquake.

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Meaning of seismograph?

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Measures and records earthquakes.

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Meaning of Richter scale?

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Describes strength of earthquake

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What is a tsunami?

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Destructive wave caused by earthquake or volcanic eruption.

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Meaning of focus.

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Point underground where earthquake is triggered.

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What is a volcano?

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A cone shaped landform with a broad base and narrow top. Where lava erupts at earths surface

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What is a crater?

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Bowl shaped top of volcano.

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What is magma?

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Melted rock below earths surface.

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What is lava?

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Magma that erupts above ground.

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What is a vent?

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A channel through which magma travels to reach earths surface.

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Meaning of hot spot?

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Where earths crust is so thin that hot magma melts and breaks through the rock above it .

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Meaning of HIC?

A

High income country.

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Meaning of LIC?

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Low income country

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Meaning of NEE?

A

Newly emerging economy. A country developing quickly!

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Meaning of malnourished?

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Being ill due to having little food.

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Meaning of development

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The economic progress of country/ improvements

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Meaning of Development Indicator?

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Measurement of a country’s level of development.

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Meaning of GNI

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Gross National Income. Amount of money a country makes a year.

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Meaning of literacy rate?

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How many people can read and write over the age of 15

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Meaning of infant mortality rate?

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The number of babies that die before their first birthday.

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Meaning of conflict?

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Disagreement, can be violent between people.

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34
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Meaning of colonise?

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One country rules over another country.

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Meaning of migrant?

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A person who moves from one place to live in another.

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Resources

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Something that holds value (food water and energy)

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Resource insecurity

A

Lack of resources

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Resource security

A

Have plenty resources and can feed everyone.

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Famine

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Extreme shortage of food can cause death

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Drought

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A long period of lack of rainfall, water shortage

41
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Food insecurity

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Lack of food can’t feed people

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Food security

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Enough food to feed country

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Over nutrition

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Eating too much unhealthy food

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Obesity

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Very overweight, eating unhealthy

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Aid

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Supplies donated to help improve lives

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Contaminated

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Infected by poisonous substance.

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Sanitation

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Good hygiene, clean water good waste disposail

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Colonies

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Areas controlled by another country

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Sustainable city

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A city that meets needs of people but also thinks about future.

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Pull factors

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Factors that make people want to move to another area. Better jobs etc

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Push factors

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Factors that force a person to move. Famine lack of jobs etc

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