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- 1What does SPICESS stand for?Space
Place
Interconnection
Change
Environment
Sustainability
Scale - 2What are the 7 types of Landscapes?Mountain L/S
Coastal L/S
Riverene L/S
Desert L/S
Karst L/S
Tropical rainforest
Built L/S - 3What are the 4 or 5 types of Values?Cultural Value
Aesthetic Value
Economic Value
Spiritual Value
Competing Value - 4What does BOLTSS stand for?Border
Orientation
Legend
Title
Scale
Source - 5What are the 3 types of Scales?Written scale
line scale
ratio - 6What does space mean in SPICESS?location, distribution and organisation of a certain area and how it is Utilised
- 7What does Place mean in SPICESS?a part of the earth's surface that is identified and/or gives meaning to/by people. Can be natural or man made
- 8What does Interconnection mean in SPICESS?links and co-existence between humans and the natural world in places and spaces
- 9What does Change mean in SPICESS?exploring changes to the earth's environment at different scales. Can be natural or man-made.
- 10What does Environment mean in SPICESS?The elements in spaces that are natural, man-made or both
- 11What does Sustainability mean in SPICESS?ongoing ability for the earth to maintain life
- 12What does Scale mean in SPICESS?Size of the distance Local Regional National International Global (Life, Right, now, is, great)
- 13What is a Mountain Landscape?Formed by tectonic plates pushing together. Can be on their own, grouped in ranges or in ridges
- 14What is a Coastal Landscape?Where land meets the sea, shaped by wind or waves eroding or constructing the natural environment. Beaches, dunes, bays, cliffs, platforms, spits and lagoons
- 15What is a Riverene Landscape?Formed by the natural movement of water. Could also be a network of rivers and the surrounding land. Good farming land because land is rich and fertile.
- 16What is a desert Landscape?A place that gets no more than 25mm of rain per year. Hot deserts along the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Cold deserts closer to the poles.
- 17What is a Karst Landscape?Formed when easily dissolvable bedrock is worn away by slightly acidic water. They form unique features such as caves, stalactites, springs and sinkholes. They are extremely unstable areas of land.
- 18What is a Tropical rainforest?Lush forest along the equator. Lots of sunlight and rainfall. Vegetation grows rapidly. 50-70% of all species on earth are found here. Cover 6% of the earth
- 19What is a Built Landscape?Created by humans. Provedes evidence of human settelment and occupation of an environment. Often results in damage or destruction of natural landscapes.
Often incorporates some natural geographical feature. - 20What is Cultural Value?Importance of landforms expressed by people through creative means.
- 21What is Aesthetic Value?Linked to its beauty and uniqueness, it is always a personal connection to a place and may give a sense of freedom, stability and wellbeing.
- 22What is Economic Value?a measurement of how financially important landscapes and landforms are.
- 23What is Spiritual Value?Landforms of spiritual, religious or mythological significance
- 24What is Competing Value?Valued by different people for different reasons.
- 25What is a Border of a map?outline or box is drawn around the map
- 26What is the orientation of a map?N, S, E, W, an indication of direction, usually shown with a north arrow or compass rose
- 27What is the Legend of a map?an explanation of the symbols, colours and patterns on a map
- 28What is the Title of a map?a heading that describes the map and what it is showing
- 29What is the scale of a map?a way of indicating what distances on the map represent in real life
- 30What is the source of a map?Where the information used to create the map came from.
- 31What is Mt Vesuvius?one of the worlds most dangerous volcanos, most commonly known for covering Pompeii.
- 32What is a landslide?Any large-scale movement of soil, mud, rocks and snow carried by the force of gravity down a hill.
- 33What do large, rapid landslides have the potential to do?Destroy towns, roads and bridges, block rivers and take human lives.
- 34What are the 4 types of Landslides?Soil Creep
Slumping
Mudslides
Avalanches - 35What is a Soil creep landslide?The gradual movement of soil, rocks and earth down a gentle slope. It is the slowest moving landslide and can take place over many years.
- 36What is a Slumping Landslide?movement of larger sections of soil and rocks down a steep, curved slope. Usually triggered by earthquakes, excessive rain, freezing or thawing of land.
- 37What is a Mudlslide?triggered by heavy rain, quick thawing earth, earthquakes or volcanic activity.
- 38What is an Avalanche?The rapid movement of snow down steep mountain slopes. Fastest moving landslides.
Triggered by the natural movement of the earth or human movement.
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