Term 3 Flashcards
Weather
Condition in a particular region
Types of climates
Cold
Hot
Mild
Zone
Area or region
Polar regions
Cold areas close to the North pole
Where are rainforest found
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
The layers of the rainforest
Emergent
Canopy
Understorey
Forest floor
What is the consequences of deforesting name 5
Brings problems to the environment ,
loss of soil fertility ,increase in gases,increase flooding,loss of plants and animal species
Nomadic
move place to another searching
for food
Dwellers
People living in a particular place
Oasis
Place with water in a desert
Coniferous
Trees like pine which have cones instead
of flowers and fruits
Lumbering
Cutting down trees and makeing them into
wooden planks
Reforesting
Planting new trees
Extractable
To remove something
Hibernating
Animals sleep during the winter
Insulating
Preventing heat from escaping
What is germinate
Develop from seed into plant
Population distribution
Where people live
Population density
How many people live in a square km
Legend
Another word word for a key on a map
Densely
Closely or tightly grouped together
Name 4 push factors
War
Drought
Flooding
Unemployment
Name 4pull factors
Security
Low crime rates
Fertile land
Good food supplies
Sparsely
Large spaces between groups
Relief
Shape and height of land
Political
Countries with stable government tend to have a higher density of people
Social
Conditions can also affect population density
as groups of people want live close together others not
Economic
People prefer places with good job opportunities
Name on group of people live in the desert
Toureg
Evaporation
When liquid is heated and becomes a gas
Temperate
Mild or moderate
Which country has the most rainforest
South America
Predators
Animals that hunt and eat other animals
Adapted
Changed body form and behaviour to suit the environment
Camouflage
Way of hiding due to colouration or behaviour
Vegetation
Plants
Emergent
Developing
Deforesation
Process of removing trees from an area
Species
A group of animals or plants that are like each other
Habitat
Usual home of animals or plants
Reasons for Deforesation
Wood Large scale farming Land for poor farmers to live on Land for cattle Make paper Road building Mining Decrease the forest fires
Climate
It describes the weather
Regulating
Controlling