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- 1WEatherthe day to day conditions in the air around us it includes temperature,rain and wind.
- 2climatethe average weather of a place
- 3where in the UK is it the wettestwest (mainly wales and Scotland)
- 4where in the UK is it the highestScotland,central wales, north England
- 5what type of rainfall happens in areas with lots of hills and mountainsrelief rainfall
- 6Relief rainfallhappens when air is forced upwards over a hill or a mountain
- 7frontal rainfallhappens when warm air(less dense) is forced upwards over cooler air (more dense) at a weather front (where warm and cool air meet)
- 8convectional rainfallhappens when warm air near the ground rises, cools and condenses to give us rain.
- 9air massa huge block of air that has similar characteristics e.g.hot and dry,cold and wet
- 10polar marintinewet,cold air which brings showery weather. from greenland and the artic sea
- 11tropical continentalhot,dry air brings hot weather in the summer. from north america
- 12polar continentalhot air brings dry summers. cold air brings snow in winter. from central europe.
- 13describe the changing weather of a depressionit is raining,then cold front undercuts the warm air in the warm sector.Then the warm air is forced to rise over the cold air. Then the nimbostratus CLOUDS GET LOWER AND THICKER AND STaRT TO RAIN AGAIN
- 14climate changeglobal change in climate due to usuage of fossil fuels
- 15effects of climate change in Africashortages of crops growing
- 16effects of climate change in the pacific islandssea levels rising
- 17effects of climate change in Europefloods and contaminated water
- 18carbon footprinta carbon footprint measures how much carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular person,business or community.
- 19in the 1800 how many people were there livingless than 1000 million people
- 20when did the population line increase at a steep ratein the 1900s
- 21how many people are living currently7 billion
2012 - 22what is birth ratethe number of babies born per 1000 of the population per year
- 23what is death ratethe number of people dying per 1000 of the population per year
- 24what is natural increasethe difference between birth rate and death rate
- 25name 3 things that would cause a low birth ratebirth control
later marriges
later and further education - 26name 3 things that would cause a low death rateinnoculations and vaccinations
good harvest
water supply - 27name 3 things that would cause a high birth ratefamily planning
traditions of larger planning
less taxes/more income - 28name 3 things that would cause a high death ratefood shortages
war
major diseases e.g ebola - 29what is resourcessomething that people can put to use
- 30what is consumptionthe use of a resource
- 31what is carrying capacitythe maximum number of people that can be supported by the land and resources
- 32what is resource securitywhen a country has all it needs of a particular resource
- 33what is overpopulationtoo many people for the resources available
- 34to live the longest life what sex should you be# where should you live and what job you should havefemale
dorset
doctor or director - 35how does level of education in a country affect the life expectancythe higher the education the higher the life exp.
- 36how does the level of health care in a country affect life exp.the beter the healthcare the longer the life expec.
- 37whatdoes dtm stand fordemographic transistion model
- 38what does dtm meandescirbes a series of changes between birth rates , death rayes and overall population over a long time
- 39describe the population key things that happened in china at these years 1950s 1960s 1980s 190schina encouraged large families to work in factories to make china stronger(the grate leap forward)
many people were getting married and having more children
china made a one child policy
people in rural areas could have more than one child - 40a population prymid which looks like a prymid means the country is a lic or hica lic
- 41a population prymid which looks like a curvy block is a countrywhich is a lic or a hichic
- 42what does population distribution meanhow may people are spread around an area
- 43population densiy ?measure how many people live in a square kilometre.
- 44name the islands left to rightnihau
Kauai
Oahu
Molokai
lanaimaui
kahoolawe
hawaii - 45—
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