Geography Terms

Question 0

Swimming

Answer 0

A physical activity completed in a body of water

Question 1

Water

Answer 1

A chemical molecule composed of two atoms of Hydrogen (H) and one atom of Oxygen (O). Needed for human survival. Can be found falling from the sky and in any body of water (lake, River, sea)

Question 2

Ocean

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The largest body of water in the world. Fills the hasp between countries.

Question 3

Topography

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Most often a map showing any physical features of an area (natural and man-made)

Question 4

Logging

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The process of chopping down trees in forests for use.

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Tropical

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A very hot and humid climate. Can most often be found near the equator

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Wind

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The movement of air. Often comes with a storm

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Tundra

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An area in Arctic Europe, Asia and North America where the terrain is flat and treeless and the subsoil conditions are permanently frozen, meaning that nothing can grow there

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Grassland

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Predominantly a paddock or other field that is filled with grass, can often be used for grazing livestock

Question 9

Map

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Can be either paper or electronic. Shows the features of land or can give you directions on where to go for something.

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Weather

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The state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.: if the weather’s good we can go for a walk

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Climate

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The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period: our cold, wet climate. Agricultural development is constrained by climate.

Question 12

Yield

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The amount of food produced by a certain crop in a certain area

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Nomadic

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Has no home, moves around an area or place.

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Subsistence

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The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself, especially at a minimal level.

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Agribusiness

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Business set up to support, process and distribute agricultural products

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Extensive farm

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Farm that extends over a large area and requires only small inputs of labour, capital, fertiliser and pesticide.

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Intensive farm

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Farm that requires a lot of inputs, such as labour, capital, fertiliser and pesticide.

Question 18

Mallee

Answer 18

Vegetation areas characterised by small, multi-trucked eucalypts found in the semi-arid areas of Southern Australia.

Question 19

Wheat Farming

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Farming where wheat is being grown

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Mixed farms

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Livestock and crops farm

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Plantation farming

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An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco are grown.

Question 22

Biosphere

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The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or another planet occupied by living organisms.

An artificial structure enclosing a self-contained ecosystem or ecosystems.

Question 23

Hydrosphere

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All the waters in the earth’ surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth’ surface, such as cloud.

Question 24

Lithosphere

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The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

Question 25

Atmosphere

Answer 25

The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. The air in any particular place.