Geography Terms Flashcards
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
