Revision For End Of Years Flashcards
What is layer colouring
Can also be called layer shading areas of different heights are shown by bands of different colours there always needs to be a key
What are contour lines
Lines on a map joining points of equal heights above or below sea level the closer together the lines are the steeper it is
What countries surround Kenya?
Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somali Republic, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique
How tall is mount Kenya?
5199
What are the two largest lakes in Kenya called?
Lake Victoria and lake Turkana
What ocean is on the coast of Kenya?
The Indian Ocean
What caused the Rift Valley in Kenya?
Kenya used to be very flat but a plate collided with another causing the plate to buckle and form a huge arched shape. The rocks were under great stress and caused the rocks to crack called faults. The faults slipped down making steps magma forced its way though the faults making volcanic mountains depressions on the floor filled up with water
What is a savanna?
It’s a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions with few trees
What is an acacia tree?
Has small leaves to reduce loss of water
Has spiked thorns to prevent predators from eating it
Thick bark to make it fire resistant
Long tap roots to reach underground water
What is an baobab tree?
It has small leaves to reduce water loss
Can store water in its trunk
Thick bark to prevent from burning
Long roots too reach underground water
What is relief
Describes the shape of the landscape we can use words such as lowland, gentle, flat, steep, highland, valley etc.
What does sedentary mean
To stay in the same place
What does subsistence mean
To provide enough food for themselves and their families
What is a shamba
Farm or garden around a house surrounding it
What does plantation mean
A large estate of land used for one crop to grow and is then sold away to other countries
What is commercial farming
Farming for profit
Withering
Leaves are dried for 16 hours to lose 70% of their water content
Rolling and shredding
Rollers crush the leaves before shredding
Fermentation
Leaves exposed to the air (oxygen) leaves turn dark brown
Firing
Leaves put into a stove heated by eucalyptus wood at a temperature of 88 degrees water content reduced to 2%
Serving and grading
Leaves sieved into various sizes then tasted and graded
Bagged 90% goes for export
Bagged for export
Where do the kikuyu people live
In the foothills of mount Kenya
What are the problems with sustainable energy
Release Co2
Wood is non-renewable energy source
It’s labour intensive to collect wood
Time consuming
