Geography Key Words

Question 1

Meaning of Latitude?

Answer 1

Parallel lines north-south equator

Question 2

Meaning of Longitude

Answer 2

Lines drawn North Pole- South Pole.

Question 3

What is the Mid Atlantic Ridge

Answer 3

Mountain chain, runs north - south in middle of Atlantic Ocean.

Question 4

What is Rift Valley?

Answer 4

Narrow steep sided valley formed by collapse of land.

Question 5

Meaning of fault

Answer 5

Tear or fracture in earths crust.

Question 6

What are plate tectonics?

Answer 6

Theory used to explain formation of landforms

Question 7

Meaning of crust?

Answer 7

Thin outer layer of earth made of roxk

Question 8

What is a constructive plate margin?

Answer 8

Two plates move away from eachother.

Question 9

What is a destructive plate margin?

Answer 9

Two plates move towards eachother.

Question 10

What is a Conservative plate margin?

Answer 10

Two plates slide alongside eachother.

Question 11

What is an earthquake?

Answer 11

Violent shaking ground.

Question 12

What is an epicentre?

Answer 12

Point on surface directly above focus of earthquake.

Question 13

Meaning of seismograph?

Answer 13

Measures and records earthquakes.

Question 14

Meaning of Richter scale?

Answer 14

Describes strength of earthquake

Question 15

What is a tsunami?

Answer 15

Destructive wave caused by earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Question 16

Meaning of focus.

Answer 16

Point underground where earthquake is triggered.

Question 17

What is a volcano?

Answer 17

A cone shaped landform with a broad base and narrow top. Where lava erupts at earths surface

Question 18

What is a crater?

Answer 18

Bowl shaped top of volcano.

Question 19

What is magma?

Answer 19

Melted rock below earths surface.

Question 20

What is lava?

Answer 20

Magma that erupts above ground.

Question 21

What is a vent?

Answer 21

A channel through which magma travels to reach earths surface.

Question 22

Meaning of hot spot?

Answer 22

Where earths crust is so thin that hot magma melts and breaks through the rock above it .

Question 23

Meaning of HIC?

Answer 23

High income country.

Question 24

Meaning of LIC?

Answer 24

Low income country

Question 25

Meaning of NEE?

Answer 25

Newly emerging economy. A country developing quickly!

Question 26

Meaning of malnourished?

Answer 26

Being ill due to having little food.

Question 27

Meaning of development

Answer 27

The economic progress of country/ improvements

Question 28

Meaning of Development Indicator?

Answer 28

Measurement of a country’s level of development.

Question 29

Meaning of GNI

Answer 29

Gross National Income. Amount of money a country makes a year.

Question 30

Meaning of literacy rate?

Answer 30

How many people can read and write over the age of 15

Question 31

Meaning of infant mortality rate?

Answer 31

The number of babies that die before their first birthday.

Question 32

Meaning of conflict?

Answer 32

Disagreement, can be violent between people.

Question 33

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Question 34

Meaning of colonise?

Answer 34

One country rules over another country.

Question 35

Meaning of migrant?

Answer 35

A person who moves from one place to live in another.

Question 36

Resources

Answer 36

Something that holds value (food water and energy)

Question 37

Resource insecurity

Answer 37

Lack of resources

Question 38

Resource security

Answer 38

Have plenty resources and can feed everyone.

Question 39

Famine

Answer 39

Extreme shortage of food can cause death

Question 40

Drought

Answer 40

A long period of lack of rainfall, water shortage

Question 41

Food insecurity

Answer 41

Lack of food can’t feed people

Question 42

Food security

Answer 42

Enough food to feed country

Question 43

Over nutrition

Answer 43

Eating too much unhealthy food

Question 44

Obesity

Answer 44

Very overweight, eating unhealthy

Question 45

Aid

Answer 45

Supplies donated to help improve lives

Question 46

Contaminated

Answer 46

Infected by poisonous substance.

Question 47

Sanitation

Answer 47

Good hygiene, clean water good waste disposail

Question 48

Colonies

Answer 48

Areas controlled by another country

Question 49

Sustainable city

Answer 49

A city that meets needs of people but also thinks about future.

Question 50

Pull factors

Answer 50

Factors that make people want to move to another area. Better jobs etc

Question 51

Push factors

Answer 51

Factors that force a person to move. Famine lack of jobs etc