TP04 Flashcards
Aquifer?
An natural underground rock structure which holds groundwater.
Water stress?
Where a country or area cannot meet its demand for fresh water.
Water surplus?
Where a country or area exceeds its demand for fresh water.
Poverty?
The state of being poor.
Poverty line?
Where a sum of money is used to define the level of poverty in a country
Inequality?
When wealth and access to services are not shared equally.
Add value?
Process something in a way that increases its value; so you can charge more.
Adult literacy rate?
The % of the population aged 15 and over who can read and write a simple sentence about everyday life.
Arid?
Very dry; receives little or no rain
Bedrock?
The solid rock underlying the soil.
Biodiversity?
The variety of living things in a place.
Biomass?
Plant or animal material used as fuel; for example, wood or waste from farms.
Biome?
A large area with a similar climate, plants ,and animals.
Carbon neutral?
Adding no carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Cash crop?
A crop you grow for sale.
Climate change?
All aspects of climate are changing because earth is getting warmer.
Climate zone?
A large area with roughly the same climate throughout (so it will have the same vegetation and animals too).
Commodities?
Agricultural produce and natural materials, sold in bulk.
Conflict?
A serious disagreement, which may lead to violence and even war.
Corruption?
Dishonest conduct by people in official positions; for example, they may accept bribes.
Desalination plant?
Where seawater is turned into fresh water, by removing its salt.
Desert?
Gets very little rain; it can be a hot or cold desert, and sandy or rocky.
Development?
A process of change to improve peoples lives.
Developing country?
It’s people are poor, on average, and lack many services.
Development indicator?
A piece of data that helps to show how developed a country is.
Diversify?
Develop a wider range; for example, more ways to earn income.
Earthquake?
The shaking of earth’s crust, caused by sudden rock movement.
Economic?
About money, jobs, and business
Economic migrant?
A person who moves in order to find paid work, or earn more.
Economy?
All the activities going on in a country, in producing, buying, selling, and distributing goods and services.
Emerging economy?
It’s development is speeding up, usually because of industry.
Employment?
The state of having paid work.
Employment structure?
The % of the workforce in each sector; primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Environment?
Everything around you; air, soil, water, animals, and plants form the natural environment.
Exclave?
Part of a country cut off from the main part; you pass through another country (or countries) to reach it.
Export?
Sell things to other countries.
Extreme poverty?
Where people have less than $1.90 a day to live on; this figure is set by the world bank, and can change.
Extremists?
Fault?
Fertile (soil)?
Finite resources?
Fold mountain?
Food bank?
Food security?
Food insecurity?
Fossil fuels?
Fossil water?
Fresh water?
Fumarole?
Geopolitics?
Globalisation?
GNI (Gross National Income)?
GNI per person?
GNI per person (PPP)?
Goods?
Green electricity?
Groundwater?
Habitat?
Human Development Index (HDI)?
Hydroelectricity
Hydroponics?
Igneous rock?
Import?
Industrial revolution?
Infrastructure?
Irrigate?
Landlocked?
Latrine?
Lava?
Life expectancy?
Living sustainability?
Magma?
Magnitude?
Manufacturing?
Mass extinction?
Migrant?
Natural resource?
NGO (Non-governmental organisation)?
Non-renewable resource?
Pandemic?
Peninsula?
Plates?
Precipitation?
Primary sector?
PV cell (Photovoltaic cell)
Quality of life?
Quaternary sector?
Refugee?
Renewable resource?
Fertility rate?
Death rate?
Replacement fertility rate?
Resources?
Pacific ring of fire?
Secondary sector?
Services?
Solar power?
Standard of living?
Sustainable?
Tariffs?
Tertiary sector?
Trade war?
Transnational corporation (TNC)
Tsunami?
Unemployment?
Utilities?
Volcano?
Grants
Cheap loans
Top-down development
Bottom-up development
Microfinancing
Mass extinction
Convection currents
Cloud seeding
