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hypothesis

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a statement that you can test, to see if it’s true, by analysing data

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cesspool

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a hole under a building for collecting toilet waste

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cholera

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a serious disease caught from bacteria in the water that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting which may cause death

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sewage system

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facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage

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fieldwork

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where you go out and collect data, to test a hypothesis or answer a question

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data

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information collected for a purpose; for example measurements of a river’s depth

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enquiry question

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a question asked to get some information

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physical geography

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deals with Earth’s natural processes; for example, coasts, glaciers, and climate

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life expectancy

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how many years a new baby can expect to life for, on average

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population distribution

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how people in the world are spread around

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densely populated

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lots of people live there

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sparsely populated

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few people live there

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population

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how many people live in a place

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population density

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the average number of people living in a place, per square kilometer

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postcode

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a set of numbers and letters which are added to an address to help mail delivery

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fertility rate

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the average number of children per woman, in a population

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GIS

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Geographic Information System

lets you display layers of data on a map on a computer screen, to help you make decisions

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GPS

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Global Positioning System

tells you exactly where on Earth you are, using radio waves from satellites

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latitude

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how far a place is north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees

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longitude

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how far a place is east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees

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natural increase

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the number of births minus the number of deaths in a period

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immigrants

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a person who moves here from another country to live

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emigrants

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a person who leaves his or her own country to settle in another country

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GNI

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Gross National Income

a country’s total income for a year, given in dollars

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GNI per person (PPP)

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a country’s GNI divided by the population; it’s a measure of how wealthy the people are, on average

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population pyramid

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a diagram showing population from different age groups

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resources

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things we need to live or use to earn a living; for example food, fuel

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sustainable

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can be carried on into the future without harming people’s quality of life, or the economy, or the environment

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industry

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manufacturing, for example, the car industry; often use for services too, for example, the tourism industry

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urbanisation

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the increase in the percentage of the population living in urban areas

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megacity

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a city with over 10 million people

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decline

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to fall gradually into a poor state

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de-industrialisation

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loss of industry

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regeneration

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the process of restoring an area that was in a poor state, and bring it back to life

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speculators

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they take a risk and spend money in the hope of making lots of profit

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slum

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area of very poor housing

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development

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a process of change that goes on in a country, with the aim of improving people’s life

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push factors

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factors that push people out of a place

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pull factors

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factors that attract people to a place

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squatter settlements

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a slum that is made up of shacks that people build illegally

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economic

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about money ad business

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economy

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all the business activity going on in a country

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fossil fuels

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coal, oil, natural gas

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hunter-gatherers

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they lived by hunting animals and collecting fruits and seeds

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Industrial Revolution

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the period, about 1760 to 1840, in Britain when many new machines were invented, and factories were built

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inequality

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when wealth and opportunity are not shared fairly among people

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manufacturing

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making things in factories

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migrant

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a person who moves to another part of the country, or another country, usually to work

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natural

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occurs without human’s involvement

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non-renewable sources

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resources that we will run out one day, for example, oil

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rural area

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an area that is mainly countryside; it may have villages and small towns

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urban area

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a built-up area, with large towns or a city

Year 8 Geography (9 decks)

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