geography term 2 Flashcards

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preceptions

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are people opinions

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example of climate

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too cold, too warm

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example of landform

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beaches, mountaions

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example natural resources

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lots of coal in western australia

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rural places

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not much business, lots of land. Basically in between urban and isolated

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urban places

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oppisote of rural/isolated. It is busy and has lots of cities

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isolated places

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not much stuff, away from all towns, and anything near ( norfolk island )

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the average rainfall on a climate graph is always

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blue in a bar graph

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the average daytime temp in a climate graph is always

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red ( on top of the dip )

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the average night time temp in a climate graph is always

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purple ( on the bottom of the dip )

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area is what figure?

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4

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grid refernce is what figure

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6

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13
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what is port pirie home to?

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one of the largest smelters in the world

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lead in port pirie caused

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lower iq and acedimic achievements, adhd, learning difficulties, behaviour disorders

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conntour lines

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lines on a map that join places of the same height

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relief

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is the term used for the differences in height from place to place on the lands surface

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cntour interval

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the difference in elevation represented by each contour line in a topographic map

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environmental quality’ means things like (name 5)

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1.How much air and water pollution there is in a place
2.How much noise there is in a place
3.Whether there is good access to open space
4.The amount of traffic
5.The visual effects of buildings and roads

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Name 4 Factors that reduce environmental quality

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natural hazard, conflict, population pressures, land degradation.

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3 areas of Area of environmental quality affected by Natural Hazards

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Air pollution
Water pollution
Habitat destruction (including cities and suburbs for humans)

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Area of environmental quality affected by Conflict

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Habitat destruction

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4 Areas of environmental quality affected by population pressures

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Traffic volumes
Air pollution
Noise
Access to open space

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2 Area of environmental quality affected by land degradation

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Food sources lost (obviously a major problem when we starve)
Water pollution

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4 Human factors that influence perceptions of liveability

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  1. culture,
  2. income,
  3. employment,
  4. crime and safety.
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2 categories of natural resources that affect if people think area is livable or not
1. Basic resources needed for daily survival e.g. Drinking water Clean air 2. Resources needed for the long-term success of the people who live there e.g. arable land, fresh water for farming
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definition of culture
The customs, habits, beliefs, social organisation and ways of life that characterise different groups and communities.
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example of a country with high average income
Rank Country 1 Luxembourg 2 Switzerland 3 Ireland 4 United States 5 Australia 6 Canada 7 Denmark 8 Norway 9 Netherlands 10 United Kingdom
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unemployment rate definiton
what is the he percentage of people who do not have a job (but are trying to get one) is called the
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example of country with high unemployment
Greece, the unemployment rate went from 7% in 2008 to 27% in 2013 because of their government ended up owing too much money to other countries.
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2 Ways to measure, assess or rank the liveability of places
1 A survey (asking people to vote); or 2 A ‘liveability index’
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why are surveys not perfect?
It is not a perfect way of finding out the truth, though, because those people might not have lived anywhere else (maybe they live in a bad place but they don’t know any better…).
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Liveability Index is a measurement of the quality of life based on what 3 criteria.
Safety Education Health care
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5 exmplaes of Services and facilities considered important to people’s wellbeing
Hospitals Medical centres and specialists Public transport Schools Shopping centres
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5 benefits of being ina larger urban area
1 More customers for businesses 2 More patients for hospitals and medical centres 3 More jobs for workers 4 More choice of schools 5 More transport options (trains and buses come more often because there are more people to carry)
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3 Environmental factors that influence perceptions of liveability
climate, landforms, natural resources
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‘environmental quality’ means things like: (5 of them)
How much air and water pollution there is in a place How much noise there is in a place Whether there is good access to open space The amount of traffic The visual effects of buildings and roads
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4 examples of land degradation
1 Salinity (too much salt in the soil for food to grow) 2 Accelerated soil erosion (the top layer of the soil is worn away so that our food, and the food animals eat before we eat the animals, can’t grow) 3 Loss of biodiversity (less types of animals and plants) 4 Loss of habitats (less places for us and animals to live)
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pqe is
pattern, quantify, exceptions