key terms Flashcards
ecosystem
community of plants and collections of organisms interacting with their environment
renewable source
can be used again
urbanisation
movements of people towards a city centre
water surplus
the supply of useable water is greater than its demand
Carbon footprint
a measure of all the greenhouse gases an individual produces
Fetch
the distance over which a wave has travelled
where are spits attached
to the land at one end
what is tombolo
something that attaches to an island
LSD
phrase for transportation of sediment along a coastline
Brownfield
site that has been built on before
Greenfield
site that has never been built on before
Mass movement
is the downslope movement of surface materials due to gravity
Natural system
is the physical cycles
counter urbanisation
people moving away from the city centre
