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Year 8 EOY Test Revision Flashcards

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1
Q

What is consistent in terms of global population as time continues.

A

The population and it’s growth speed increases.

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Population

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Number of people in a particular place

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Population Density

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The number of people per km^2

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Population Distribution

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How a population is spread out over an area

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Factors of life that could cause migration

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Illness, Location, Hygiene, Poverty, Injuries, Neighbours/Roomates, Genes/DNA, Healthiness and Temperature and Weather

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Birth Rate

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Number of babies born per 1000 people

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Death Rate

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Number of deaths per 1000 people

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Low Birth rate/ High death rate (High Birth rate and Low Death rate is opposite)

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Lower population, Small/Bad hospitals, Old population, Religion/ Beliefs and Poverty

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Dense

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Crowded closely together

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Sparse

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widely-spaced

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Cluster

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Grouped together

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12
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Ageing Population

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growth in proportion of older people (usually 65 and older) in the population

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13
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Population structure

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How many males and females of different ages are in a population

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14
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Migration

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The movement from 1 place to another

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Immigrants

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someone moving to another country

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16
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Emmigrants

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someone leaving a country into another

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17
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International Migration

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Migration across borders

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18
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Net migration

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Immigrants minus Emmigrants

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19
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Economic Migrants

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People that move countries to advance their economic and professional prospect

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20
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Asylum seekers

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A person that’s left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another country

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Refugees

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A person who has been forced to leave their country because of war persecution etc. Refugees already receive permission from the authorities on their asylum claim.

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Illegal Immigrants

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People who arrive in a country without permission.

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23
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Reasons people migrate to the UK

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Bad former country, Free healthcare, Democratic, Good education, Family, Less strict migration laws and job opportunities.

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Persecution

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treating people badly because of their beliefs or race

25
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Descendants

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Relatives born after someone, such as a child.

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Diverse

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Having lots of variety

27
Q

Chloropleth map

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a map that uses shades to identify populations (in one colour) where dark shades mean dense population and light for sparse

28
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Urbanisation

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When an inversing percentage of a country’s population moves to towns and cities.

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Rural

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In the countryside

30
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Village

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A community with a variety of houses, some shops and other services

31
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Commute

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To travel to and from another place for work

32
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Commuter village

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A village, often with housing estates, close to a town or city. People live there but commute to work elsewhere.

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Hamlet

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An isolated cluster of houses and farms, usually with no shops or services

34
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Counter-Urbanisation

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Movement from an urban area to rural.

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Weather

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Day to day changes in the atmosphere, measured with temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, cloud cover and air pressure

36
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Climate

A

Long-term weather pattern of an area (usually measured over 30 years) measured with temperature, precipitation and wind speed and direction

37
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Temperature

A

Thermometer

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Precipitation

A

mm and Rain Gauge

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Humidity

A

The amount of water vapour in the air, % and Hygrometer

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Wind Speed

A

kph and Anemometer

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Wind Direction

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Wind Vane

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Air pressure

A

How heavy the air is around us, millibars and Barometer

43
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Cloud type

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Can tell us smothing about weather higher in the atmosphere.

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Cloud cover

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How much of the sky is covered with clouds, oktas and okta index cards

45
Q

Weather types

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Sunny, Cloudy, Rain, Hail, Thunder, Windy and Hurricane

46
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1st layer

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Troposphere (weather)

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2nd layer

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Stratosphere (planes and ozone layer)

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3rd layer

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Mesosphere (burning meteors)

49
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4th layer

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Thermosphere (auroras and space shuttles)

50
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5th layer

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Exosphere (merges with space, thin layer)

51
Q

Tropical continental

A

North Africa

52
Q

Polar Continental

A

Central Europe

53
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Polar Maritime

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Greenland/ Arctic sea

54
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Tropical Maritime

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Atlantic

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Arctic Maritime

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Arctic

56
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Water cycle

A

the cycle of water between ocean atmosphere and land

57
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Surface runoff

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Water flowing overground e.g. rivers

58
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Groundwater

A

Water held underground in soil or rock

59
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Transpiration

A

water released from plant leaves into the atmosphere

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