Geography Flashcards
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How are igneous rocks formed
from molten rock
How are sedimentary rocks formed
From eroded sediment or plant or animal remains
How are metamorphic rocks formed
Changed by heat and pressure into a different rock
Do the crystals inside rock grow more or less when the magma cools fast
Less
Which rocks form from plant or animal remains
Sedimentary
What is development
A process that creates growth, positive progress or the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social and demographic components
What factors can be used to measure development
Birth rate, Death rate, infant mortality, GDP per capita, These methods have limitations and should be used in conjunction with eachother
What is HDI
A composite score that can be used instead of individual indicators
A level of development of a country needs to be judged on what
Social, Economic and environmental factors
How can countries be catagorised into groups
Depending on their level of income. Their are levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 or HIC’s LIC’s and NEE’s
What are the reasons for development gap - PEH
Physical causes of uneven development include climate, natural resource curse theory, and being landlocked. Economic causes include the cycle of poverty and global trading systems. Historical causes can be exampled by colonialism.
What are ways to close the development gap
Bottom up schemes
There is a geological timescale. How has this affected the UK
The UK has been in different positions during this time. This has affected the rock types
what do different rock types in a region affect
The relief due to weathering
The UK has distinctive landscapes of what three rocks
Granite Limestone and chalk
What is the definition of development
Development is any improvement in the standard of living of people in a specific country. Social and economic indicators are used to measure a country’s level of development.
What are the three basic aspects of human development?
Health, Knowledge & standard of living
What are choropleth maps used for in Geography
they use colour to show how data changes from place to place
What are distribution maps used for in Geography
used to represent the distribution of particular geographic elements within a given region
What do contour lines on an OS map tell us
how high the ground is and how the slope changes
How do you identify a floodplain on an OS map
They are flat and have few contour lines that are widely spaced
what are fold mountains
large mountain ranges where rock layers have been crumpled as they have been forced together
What is the mantle
a layer of the earth, that is dense and mostly solid between the outer core and crust, 1000-3700 Degrees C
What is a composite volcano
a steep-sided volcano that is made up of a variety of materials, such as lava and ash (it is the result of violent eruptions at destructive-subduction margins)
