Geography Terms

Question 0

Topograph

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A topograph is the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area or district.

Question 1

Biome

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A climate characterised by distinctive plant and animal speicies.

Question 2

Degradation

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The wearing down of rocks by disintegration.

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Accessibility

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The ability to be able to access somewhere. Eg. The town was not accessible via bus.

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Infrastructure

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The basic physical structures needed for modern society to run. Eg. Roads, commercial buildings, houses.

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Archaeology

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The study of human history through physical artefacts and things dug up from excavation sites.

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Climate

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The weather conditions prevailing over a long distance of time.

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Landscape

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The visual features on an area of land.

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Desert

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A waterless, desolate area of land. It usually has unusual animals and little vegetation. It’s also a biome type.

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Biodiversity

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The variety of plant and animal life of a high level in a particular climate.

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Sustainability

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Something that’s able to be maintained to a certain rate.

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Urban

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Urban relates to a highly populated area. Eg. Town, city.

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Environment

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The area in which a human, plant or animal lives or operates in.

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Interconnection

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The way one thing connects with another. Eg. The human interconnects with….

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Terrain

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A starch of land with particular features.

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latitude

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The angle north or South from the earths equator.

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Altitude

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The height to a point from the level of the ocean.

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Mountain ranges

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A line of mountains connected by high grounds.

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Distance from the sea

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Distance from the sea…

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Vegetation

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Plants considered collectively, particularly in one area.

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Soil

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An upper layer of earth where plants grow, made up of rock particles.

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Weather

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The state of the atmosphere at a certain time.

Question 22

Extensive farming

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Intensive farming or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by a low fallow ratio and the high use of inputs such as capital, labour, or heavy use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers relative to land area.

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Wheat farming

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Farms that specifically grow wheat.

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Intensive farming

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Produces perishables like fruit and vegetables.

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Plantation farming

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Crops grown on plantations include fast-growing trees (often conifers), cotton, coffee, tobacco, sugar cane, sisal, some oil seeds (notably oil palms) and rubber trees.

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Mallee

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A low-growing bushy Australian eucalyptus which has several slender stems.

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Biosphere

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The biosphere is defined as the sphere or area around the planet Earth where life exists. This zone of life is vast. Most lifeforms live on or near the surface of Earth.

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Hydrosphere

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All the water on the earths surface. Eg. Oceans, lakes, including water over the earths atmosphere such as clouds.

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Lithosphere

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

Question 30

Atmosphere

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The envelopes of gases around earth or another planet.