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Knowledge Base: Geography Amazing World Year 7 | Autumn Term 1
1. Types of Geography
1.1
physical
Natural features or events including landforms and features e.g. rivers, coasts, rainforests.
1.2
human
Where and how people live. e.g .population, cities, rural, urban, settlements.
1.3
environmental
Human and physical geography linked together. Including environmental pollution.
3. Locational information
3.1
equator
An imaginary line that runs east and west around Earth’s middle. The equator is also called 0° latitude.
3.2
hemisphere
The earth is a sphere. The equator divides the earth- places north of the equator are in the Northern Hemisphere. Places south of the equator are in the Southern Hemisphere.
3.3
continent
Large solid area of land made up of many countries (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica, Oceania)
2. Describing places
2.1
geographical characteristics
Distinguishing features or quality; it is something that makes a place different from others. e.g temperature, vegetation, population size.
2.2
ecosystem
An area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form a bubble of life.
2.3
tundra biome
A place where the ground stays frozen for most of the year and there is very little precipitation.
2.4
glacier
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow.
2.4
hot desert biome
Also known as arid (meaning dry) deserts, the temperatures are warm and dry year-round.
2.6
precipitation
Water that falls to the earth as hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow.
2.7
geographical evidence
Facts and figures that provide information about the physical, human and environmental geography.
2.8
climate graphs
These show average monthly rainfall and temperatures typically experienced in a particular location. The temperature is shown on a line graph, and rainfall on a bar graph.
4. Understanding geographical cause and effect
4.1
cause
Something that results in an effect e.g. heavy rain caused flooding.
4.2
effect
A positive or negative change which is a result of a cause. E.g. the effect of an earthquake was damaged buildings.
4.3 environmental Related to the natural world.
4.5 social Related to people’s wellbeing.
4.4
economic
Related to making money (economy) and jobs (employment).
4.6
climate change
A change in the typical weather for a region over a long period of time. Linked to increased amounts of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels e.g. oil, gas.
4.7
sustainability
The idea that humans must interact with their environment in a way that ensures there will be enough resources left for future generations.
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