Geography Term

Question 0

What does interconnection mean?

Answer 0

To connect with one another.

a state of being connected reciprocally; “an interconnection between the two buildings”

Question 1

What does infrastructure mean?

Answer 1

the military installations of a country.
the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

Question 2

What does deforestation mean?

Answer 2

Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year.

Question 3

What does Environment mean?

Answer 3

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. The overall structure within which a user, computer, or program operates. The natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity.

Question 4

What does Sustainability mean?

Answer 4

In more general terms, sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes. The organizing principle for sustainability is sustainable development, which includes the four interconnected domains: ecology, economics, politics and culture.

Question 5

What does Aquatic mean?

Answer 5

Relating to water.

An aquatic plant or animal, especially one suitable for a pond or aquarium.

Question 6

What does Infrastructure mean?

Answer 6

The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
“the social and economic infrastructure of a country”

Question 7

What does Reef mean?

Answer 7

A ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.
synonyms: shoal, bar, sandbar, sandbank, spit; More
a vein of ore in the earth, especially one containing gold.

Question 8

What does Archaeology mean?

Answer 8

the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.

Question 9

What does Accessibility mean

Answer 9

In actuality, accessibility is a spectrum. On one end, there are those with the most extreme mental or physical disabilities that I couldn’t even begin to assume I know how to accomodate for. And on the other end.

Question 10

What does Rapidly mean?

Answer 10

occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.

Question 11

What does Biome mean?

Answer 11

a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.

Question 12

What does Climate mean?

Answer 12

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Question 13

What does brown earth mean?

Answer 13

a type of soil having a brown humus-rich surface layer.

Question 14

What does Weather mean?

Answer 14

the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Question 15

What does Climate mean?

Answer 15

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Question 16

Leaching

Answer 16

to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
to cause (water or other liquid) to percolate through something.

Question 17

Latitude

Answer 17

the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth’s surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
a place or region as marked by this distance.

Question 18

Leeward

Answer 18

pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to

Question 19

Precipitation

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Ethe act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
a casting down or falling headlong.
a hastening or hurrying in movement, procedure, or action.
sudden haste.
unwise or rash rapidity.

Question 20

Rain shadow

Answer 20

a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.

Question 21

Windward

Answer 21

toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.
—adjective

pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter from which the wind blows (opposed to leeward ).

Question 22

Climate

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the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.

Question 23

Equator

Answer 23

the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body.
the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole.
a circle separating a surface into two congruent parts.

Question 24

Altitude

Answer 24

the height of anything above a given planetary reference plane, especially above sea level on earth.
extent or distance upward; height.
Astronomy. the angular distance of a heavenly body above the horizon.
Geometry.

Question 25

Distance from the sea,

Answer 25

How far the sea is

Question 26

Prevailing winds.

Answer 26

a wind from the direction that is predominant or most usual at a particular place or season.

Question 27

Nomadic

Answer 27

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of nomads.

Question 28

Extensive farming

Answer 28

Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed.

Question 29

Biosphere

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the part of the earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.
the ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it.

Question 30

Hydrosphere

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the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere.

Question 31

Lithosphere

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the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere ).
the crust and upper mantle of the earth.

Question 32

Atmosphere

Answer 32

the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air.
this medium at a given place.
Astronomy. the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body.
Chemistry. any gaseous envelope or medium.