Geography finals definition

Question 1

agribusiness

Answer 1

a business based on farming

Question 2

air pressure

Answer 2

the force pressing down on us due to the weight of the atmosphere

Question 3

air mass

Answer 3

huge block of air moving over earth

Question 4

capital city

Answer 4

where the government is based

Question 4

biome

Answer 4

large area woth a similar climate, plants, and animals throughout

Question 5

climate change

Answer 5

all aspects of earth is getting warmer

Question 6

condense

Answer 6

to change from gas to liquid

Question 7

continent

Answer 7

one of earth’s great land mass

Question 8

country

Answer 8

continents divided into political units

Question 9

coniferuos

Answer 9

describe trees which bear cones

Question 10

data

Answer 10

informaton collected for a purpose

Question 10

carbon neutral

Answer 10

adding no extra carbon dioxide to the atmosphere

Question 11

deciduous

Answer 11

describes trees whcih lose their leaves in winter

Question 12

depression

Answer 12

a weather system made up of a warm front chased by a cold front

Question 13

desert

Answer 13

gets very little rain

Question 14

development

Answer 14

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

Question 15

drought

Answer 15

less rain than usual, water cannot cope needs

Question 16

desertifiction

Answer 16

where farmland becomems like a desert

Question 17

economic

Answer 17

about money and business

Question 18

economy

Answer 18

all the business activity going on in a country

Question 19

emissions

Answer 19

waste gases that go into the air

Question 20

endangered

Answer 20

so few of a species that are left into the danger of going extinct

Question 22

environment

Answer 22

everything around you, air, soil, animals, plants htat are from the natural environment

Question 22

export

Answer 22

things sold to other countries

Question 23

fossil fuels

Answer 23

coal, oil, natural gas

Question 24

front

Answer 24

leading edge of an air mass

Question 25

gis

Answer 25

geographic information sstemy

Question 26

global warming

Answer 26

the rise in average temperatures around the world

Question 27

gni

Answer 27

gross national income

Question 28

gni per person

Answer 28

PPP, country's gni divided by the population to show how wealthy you are

Question 29

gps

Answer 29

global positioning system

Question 30

gravity

Answer 30

force of attration that draws things towards the earth

Question 31

greenhouse gases

Answer 31

they trap heat around the earth

Question 32

hemisphere

Answer 32

half of earth

Question 33

hurricane

Answer 33

a violent spinning storm that starts in warm tropical waters

Question 34

hydroelecctricity

Answer 34

electricity generated when flowing water spins a turbine

Question 35

ice age

Answer 35

when earth's average temperature is low, and glaciers spread

Question 36

imports

Answer 36

things bruoght from other countries

Question 37

industry

Answer 37

manufacturing

Question 38

insulated

Answer 38

protected by material that stops heat escaping

Question 39

isobar

Answer 39

the line on a weather map joining places at equal air pressure

Question 40

latitude

Answer 40

how far a place is north or south of the equator

Question 41

leeward

Answer 41

sheltered from the wind

Question 42

landfill sites

Answer 42

big holes in the ground where rubbish is burried

Question 43

light industry

Answer 43

makes small thigns

Question 44

longitude

Answer 44

how far a place is east or west of the prime meridian

Question 45

mangroves

Answer 45

trees that grow in swamps

Question 46

manufacturing

Answer 46

making things in factories

Question 47

megalopolisa

Answer 47

a very large area thst forms when large urban areas merge

Question 48

migrant

Answer 48

a person that moves to another part of the country, or another country

Question 49

milankovitch cycle

Answer 49

changes in earth's movements, whch affect the climate

Question 50

millibar

Answer 50

air pressure measured in this unit

Question 51

monsoon rains

Answer 51

rains that fall in summer in some regions

Question 52

ocean currents

Answer 52

currents of water in the ocean that are warmer or colder than the water around them

Question 53

pennisula

Answer 53

land that juts out to the sea

Question 54

plateau

Answer 54

an area of fairly flat high land

Question 55

population density

Answer 55

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

Question 56

population distribution

Answer 56

how the people in a country are spread around

Question 57

population pyramid

Answer 57

a diagram showing the population in different age groups

Question 58

permafrost

Answer 58

ground that remains frozen for two or more consecutive years.

Question 59

populuos

Answer 59

has a large population

Question 60

quaternary period

Answer 60

the period from 2.6 million years ago till today

Question 61

rainforest

Answer 61

lush vegetation with many different species of plants and animals

Question 62

resources

Answer 62

things we need to live

Question 63

settlement

Answer 63

places where people live

Question 64

species

Answer 64

the groupa plant of animal belong to

Question 65

steppe

Answer 65

a large falt area of treeles greenland

Question 66

climate

Answer 66

what the weather of a place is usually like over the years

Question 67

weather

Answer 67

the state of atmosphere at any given time