glossary

Question 1

abiotic

Answer 1

relating to non living things

Question 2

abrasion

Answer 2

rocks carried along by river wear down the river bed and banks or erosion caused be rocks and boulders in the base of a glacier scraping the rock below

Question 3

aeroponics

Answer 3

growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil

Question 4

agribusiness

Answer 4

application of business skills to agriculture

Question 5

appropriate technology

Answer 5

technology that is suited to the needs skills wealth and knowledge of the local people

Question 6

arete

Answer 6

a sharp knife like ridge formed between 2 corries cutting back by processes of erosion and freeze thaw

Question 7

attrition

Answer 7

rocks being carried by the river smash together and break into smaller and rounder particles

Question 8

biodiversity

Answer 8

the variety of life in the world or a particular habitat

Question 9

biotechnology

Answer 9

the manipulation of living organisms to produce useful commercial products

Question 10

biotic

Answer 10

relating t living things

Question 11

birth rate

Answer 11

the number of births in a year per 1000 of the total population

Question 12

brownfield site

Answer 12

land that has been used before and could be used again

Question 13

bulldozing

Answer 13

ice pushes material of all shapes and sizes as it moves slowly forward

Question 14

carbon footprint

Answer 14

a measurement of all the greenhouse gases we individually produce through burning fossil fuels for electricity

Question 15

climate change

Answer 15

a long term change in the earths climate especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature