End Of Year (year 8)

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

When the sun heats up water from the sea and it goes into the air

Question 2

Surface run off

Answer 2

When water runs off the surface into the ground

Question 3

Through flow

Answer 3

When water moves from the surface of the ground , into the soil

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

When moisture falls from the atmosphere as rain, hail, sleet and snow

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

When the sun heats up water from the leaves of trees

Question 6

Transpiration

Answer 6

When water vapour cools and turns into clouds

Question 7

Ground water flow

Answer 7

What water flows underground through rocks and soil

Question 8

Interception

Answer 8

When precipitation lands on vegetation or buildings before reaching the soil

Question 9

Weather

Answer 9

Is the conditions right here, right now

Question 10

Climate

Answer 10

Is based on the average weather experience over 30 years or more

Question 11

What are the 3 types of rainfall

Answer 11

Frontal,convectional and relief

Question 12

Convectional rainfall

Answer 12

Is driven by the heat from the sun

Question 13

Frontal rainfall

Answer 13

Is rain that occurs when a warm front meets a cold front

Question 14

Relief rainfall

Answer 14

Is rain that occurs on high land and mountainous areas

Question 15

Isotherms

Answer 15

They are lines on a map which show areas of equal temperatures

Question 16

Microclimates

Answer 16

Is when the climate of a small area is different to the general surroundings

Question 17

Water surplus

Answer 17

Where supply of water is higher than demand

Question 18

Water deficit

Answer 18

Where water demand is higher than supply

Question 19

Water stress

Answer 19

Where the amount of water in an area is limiting development and population

Question 20

Renewable energy

Answer 20

Energy that comes from a source that will not run out of

Question 21

What are the 4 ways of getting energy from water?

Answer 21

Hydroelectric power, tidal power, wave power and pumped storage

Question 22

Flooding

Answer 22

An overflow of water onto normally dry land. Flooding occurs when a river bursts its banks and overflows onto surrounding land

Question 23

What are the 4 physical causes of flooding

Answer 23

Steep land, impermeable rock, heavy rainfall and saturated ground

Question 24

What’re are the 2 human causes of flooding

Answer 24

Urbanisation and deforestation

Question 25

Population density

Answer 25

Is the number of people living in a particular area

Question 26

What’s the equation for population density

Answer 26

Population dived by area (km2)=

Question 27

Sparsely populated

Answer 27

A low number of people per km2

Question 28

Densely populated

Answer 28

A high number of people per km2

Question 29

Migration

Answer 29

Movement from one place to another

Question 30

Emigration

Answer 30

Moving away from your country of birth

Question 31

Immigration

Answer 31

Moving to a country that is not your country of birth

Question 32

Asylum seeker

Answer 32

Someone who is intending to seek or is awaiting a decision on their request for international protection.

Question 33

Refugee

Answer 33

is someone who has been forced to flee conflict or persecution and has crossed an international border to seek safety.

Question 34

Ageing population

Answer 34

Where there is a greater % of the population at age 60-65+

Question 35

Reasons for ageing population

Answer 35

Cost of living, accessibility, better health care and less manual labour work

Question 36

Birth rate

Answer 36

The number of babies born per 1000 per year

Question 37

Natural increase

Answer 37

The difference between birth rate and death rate