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Question 1

Define climate

Answer 1

Climate is the average weather taken over a period of time, usually 30 days.

Question 2

Define weather

Answer 2

Weather is the day-to-day changes in the Earth’s atmosphere

Question 3

What is the north south divide?

Answer 3

It is the real or imagined cultural and economic difference between the south of England and the north of England.

Question 4

What 3 strategies can be used to reduce the north-south divide?

Answer 4

The northern powerhouse, enterprise zones and local devoloution

Question 5

Define deindustrialisation

Answer 5

The decline of a country’s traditional manufacturing industry

Question 6

What are the 4 Main employment sectors?

Answer 6

Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary.

Question 7

What are business parks?

Answer 7

Are purpose-built areas of offices and warehouses, often at the edge of a city and on a main road.

Question 8

What are science parks?

Answer 8

Are often located near university sites where high-tech industries are established. Scientific research and commercial development are carried out in co-operation with the university.

Question 9

Define sustainability!

Answer 9

Actions and forms of progress that meet the needs of the present without reducing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Question 10

Define urban regeneration.

Answer 10

The revival of old parts of a built up area by either installing modern facilities in old buildings or opting for redevelopment.