Geography Terms Flashcards
(28 cards)
What is grassland?
A type of environment, mainly consisting of large plains of grass
What is earth?
The Earth is the planet we inhabit and live on and what geography studies
What is sustainability?
Renewable resources and sparingly uses non renewable resources to keep the Earth able to reproduce
What is a landscape?
How the land is, whether flat or uneven it is the land
What is perspective?
Where we view it from or how we see it
What is climate?
The weather over a long period of time, it can change but changes are small in quick sections of time
What is urban?
A place occupied by large amount of people with infrastructure, to house and support lots of people
What is a desert?
A place with scarce rainfall, can be freezing desert or extremely hot desert, usually have no fertile soil because of the lack of rainfall.
What is rainforest?
A luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with constantly heavy rainfall
What is a forest?
A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth
What is biodiversity?
The verity of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is considered to be important and desirable
What is deforestation?
The process in which natural forest are cleared through logging or burning
What is vegetation?
Plants that live in a specific habitat
What is a community?
A group of people coming together
What is a ecosystem?
Community interactions of organisms in their habitat
What is adaption?
To adjust to a certain environment
What is characteristics?
A feature of quality to serve the identity of a person or a place
Brown earth
A type of soul having a rich humus-rich surface layer
What is a horizon?
The line in which the earths surface and the sun appear to meet
What is a humus
The organic component of soil, formed by decomposition of leaves and other plants
What is precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls to the ground
What is a biome?
A biome is a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna
Yield
The amount of food produced by a certain crop in a certain area
Biosphere
The region of the surface, atmosphere and hydrosphere of the earth
