paper 3 key words Flashcards

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Latitude

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Lines that run parallel to an equator on the map (Equator is 0°, the North Pole is 90° north, the south pole is 90°S)

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Longitude

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Lines that run between the north and south pole

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Scale

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The unit of distance on a map is given on the scale e.g. 125, 000 means 1 cm equals 25,000 cm underground

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Contours

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Lines on a map that help you identify the height of the land. They will help you to describe physical features

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Relief

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The height of the land/steepness of land

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Cross-section

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Your diagram showing a landscape/features that has been sliced in half

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Settlements

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Places where people live

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Land use

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How the land is being used or has been changed to be use in a different way

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Aerial photo

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If photo taken from above (from an aeroplane)

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Satellite photo

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Digitally taking photographs from an aeroplane

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Line graphs

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Show continuous change over time

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Bar graph

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Comparing quantities of something. When bars are separated (do not touch) your unconnected

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Histograms

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Bar graphs with no gaps between them shoes continuous data (rainfall)

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Divided paragraphs

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A bar graph where each part is subdivided into different colours to create categories

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Pie chart

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Is circle divided into segments to show proportions

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Pictograms

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Using pictures or symbols to represent quantities of something

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Scattergraph

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A graph showing two sets of data that may be related

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Choropleth maps

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Different colours so different densities of something e.g. darker colours represents more of something

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Isoline map

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Lines drawn between things of equal value on map e.g. commonly used to show whether or height of land

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.Maps

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1.is equal to a value

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Desire line map

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Show the movement of people or goods between places

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Flow lines

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Please indicate direction and volume of movement. Thickness of the line represents volume/quantity of something

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Proportional symbols

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E.g. proportion circle maps – it’s bigger circle show more of something in a given location

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Mean

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Out of all the valleys and divide by the Total number values

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Median

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Put the data in order and find the middle value

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Mode

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Most common number/value

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Range

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Difference between highest and lowest (highest minus lowest value)

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Enquiry

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Your investigation

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Primary data

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Data that you collect yourself

30
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Secondary data

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Data that someone else has controlled e.g. textbooks, Internet research

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Quantitative data

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Data that can be represented as numbers or percentages

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Qualitative data

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Stated that can be presented as words e.g. written response to questionnaires

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Sample

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Idk

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Random sample

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Temples are chosen at random e.g. asking question is everyone who passes you

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Systematic sampling

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Data counted at every set intervals e.g. collecting data every 10 m

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Stratified sample in

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Collecting data from representative proportions of a dataset e.g. you make sure that 15% of people who answer your question there are 75+ as 15% of the U.K.’s population are over the age of 75

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Data representation

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How are you a present your findings e.g. graphs/child/diagram/cross section drawings

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Data

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The evidence you collect/your results

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Continuous data

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Did the changes over time e.g. gradient

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Analyse

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What did your data show? What did you find out?

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Interpretations

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What did your data shall? How can you explain it?

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Hypothesis

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You assume the findings

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Anomaly

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Did that doesn’t fit the pattern

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Conclusion

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Summary of your findings

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Evaluation

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A critique of the strengths and weaknesses of your investigation

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Validity

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The suitability of the method to answer the question that it was intended to answer

47
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Reliability

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The extent to which measurements are consistent