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Flashcards by xmagdalenax1998, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by xmagdalenax1998
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| Question | Answer |
| Deindustraliation | The decline in industrial activity in a region or economy |
| Primary (employment classification) | The extraction of raw materials e.g. farming |
| Secondary (employment classification) | Manufacturing - where raw materials are converted into finished products e.g. car making |
| Tertiary (employment classification) | The service industry. This includes doctors and teachers |
| Quaternary (employment classification) | Provide information and expect help. They are often associated with creative or knowledge- based industries |
| The hydrological cycle | the transfer of water between the atmosphere, land and oceans. it is a closed system (nothing is added or lost) |
| Precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| Interception | The capture of water by vegetation |
| Stemflow | water flowing down the stem/ trank |
| Infiltration | The movement of water into the soil from the surface |
| Percolation | The movement of water into the rocks |
| Throughflow | Sideways movement of water throught the soil |
| Groundwater flow | The flow of groundwater into the river |
| Groundwater storage | Water stored in rocks following percolation |
| Surface runoff | Water running over the land into the river |
| Evapotranspiration | Water lost from the land and vegetation. The change from a liquid into a gas |
| Transpiration | Water vapour lost through pores in leaves |
| Biosphere | The part of the Earth and atmosphere in which living organisms exist |
| Litosphere | Outer layer of the Earth's surface |
| Primary impacts | Impacts that happen as a direct result of the event |
| Secondary impacts | Impacts that happen later as an inirect effect of an event |
| Social impact | Things that affect people's lives and the way they live |
| Environmental impact | Things that affect the physical environment and the natural word |
| LEDC | A less economically developed country |
| MEDC | A more economically developed country |
| Prediction | Using scientific techniques to foresee when an event will happen |
| Preparation | Actions that are taken in advance of an event to reduce the possible impacts |
| Responses | Actions that are taken after an event to reduce an impacts |
| Hazard resistant design | Ways of planning and constructing buildings to reduce the possible impacts of an event |
| Constructive boundary | Where two tectonic plates are moving apart |
| Destructive boundary | The boundary where a continental plate and oceanic plate collide. The denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate. |
| Collision boundary | Where two continental plates collide , forming fold mountains |
| Conservative boundary | Where two tectonic plates slide past each other |
| Subduction zone | The area where one plate is pushed underneath another |
| Mantle | The middle layer of the Earth. It lies between the crust and the core |
| Asthenosphere | The upper part of the Earth's mantle that is semi-molten |
| Oceanic plate | Dense crust made out of basalt |
| Continental crust | The crust that forms the land. It is mostly made of granite |
| Earthquake | The movement of the Earth's surface caused by the build-up of friction between tectonic plates |
| Volcano | The landform created when lava erupts from the surface of the Earth |
| Magma | Molten rock below the surface of the Earth |
| Lava | Molten rock above the surface of the Earth |
| Convection current | Currents that rise in the Earth's mantle that are strong enough to move the tectonic plates |
| Epicentre | The point on the ground directly above the focus of an earthquake |
| Focus | The point of origin of an earthquake. It is usually underground |
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