TNCs, Global Energy Yr9

Question 1

Containerisation

Answer 1

Using shipping containers to transport good around the world rather than loading and unloading goods off boats individually

Question 2

Time-space compression

Answer 2

Over time, transport improves so it takes less time to move distances

Question 3

Globalisation

Answer 3

The process by which businesses or other organisations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale

Question 4

Demographic

Answer 4

Relating to the characteristics of a population, including age, gender, wealth and health

Question 5

Rural

Answer 5

Countryside areas, in the UK an area is classed as rural if it has a population of below 10,000

Question 6

Urban

Answer 6

Towns and cities, in the UK it is an urban area if its population is above 10,000

Question 7

Energy security

Answer 7

A state of having access to reliable, usually affordable energy

Question 8

Energy scarcity

Answer 8

Not having enough access to energy

Question 9

Energy surplus

Answer 9

Having more energy than is needed

Question 10

Energy insecurity

Answer 10

A state in which countries or people have an interrupted or unaffordable supply of energy.

Question 11

Give five renewable sources of energy

Answer 11

Hydro-electric, Biomass, Solar, Wind, Geothermal

Question 12

Give four non-renewable sources of energy

Answer 12

Nuclear, Oil, Coal, Gas

Question 13

What is geothermal energy

Answer 13

Energy produced by heat from within the earth