Life expectancy

Question 1

Life expectancy

Answer 1

The average length of a person’s life.

Question 2

Distribution

Answer 2

The way things are spread out

Question 3

Inequality

Answer 3

Unfair

Question 4

Disparity

Answer 4

Unfair differences in things like wealth between different places.

Question 5

Deprivation

Answer 5

The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society

Question 6

Ward

Answer 6

An administrative area of a city

Question 7

IMD

Answer 7

Indices of multiple deprivations. Different measures to show how deprived a place is.

Question 8

Socio-economic

Answer 8

Things to do with society (education, house type) and economy (jobs, income)

Question 9

Relative poverty

Answer 9

The poorest 25% of the population are considered to be relatively poor compared to the average person in the UK.

Question 10

Census

Answer 10

An official count of the population done every 10 years.

Question 11

Professional job

Answer 11

Jobs like teaching, doctors, and lawyers. Most need a university degree.

Question 12

Spatial

Answer 12

How are things arranged in space.

Question 13

Mean

Answer 13

A measure of middleness (average)
e.g. (a+b+c)/3

Question 14

Mode

Answer 14

The most commonly occurring number in a data set.

Question 15

Median

Answer 15

The middle value in a data set

Question 16

Particulates

Answer 16

Small particles which are in the air (dust/unburnt exhaust) which cause breathing problems like asthma.

Question 17

Atmosphere

Answer 17

Geographical word for the air around us.

Question 18

Nitrous oxide

Answer 18

Gases like nitrogen dioxide which are given off by vehicle exhausts and contribute to poor health.

Question 19

Respiratory

Answer 19

Breathing

Question 20

Cardiovascular

Answer 20

To do with the heart

Question 21

Premature deaths

Answer 21

People dying early than they should

Question 22

Susceptible

Answer 22

Bring more at risk from something bad happening.

Question 23

Urban

Answer 23

Towns & cities

Question 24

Rural

Answer 24

Countryside

Question 25

Sugar Tax

Answer 25

A tax placed on drinks with a very high sugar content to make them more expensive so less popular.

Question 26

Environmental quality

Answer 26

How clean the environment is, how well looked after the area is.

Question 27

Low emission zone

Answer 27

An area of a city where car/vehicle use is restricted to limit the amount of pollution.

Question 28

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Answer 28

A part of the Unitised National who set globally agreed standards to try improve people’s health around the world.

Question 29

Hypothesis

Answer 29

A scientific or research question/idea we are trying to find the answer to.

Question 30

Positive relationship/correlation

Answer 30

When an increase in one thing causes an increase in another thing. There is a positive relationships between wealth & level of education (richer people are better educated)

Question 31

Negative relationship/correlation

Answer 31

When an increase in one thing causes a decrease in another thing.