Geographical skills and concepts
Our planet is made up of a huge range of beautiful places, interesting people, fascinating cultures, and breathtaking environments!
The study of these, and how they all interconnect, is the field of _____________
what is Geography
Natural processes in the environment that benefit humans are called _________
what is ecosystem services
___________ is defined as the state of being comfortable, healthy or happy.
what is wellbeing
Land degradation can only occur as a result of human activity
False-
Land degradation can occur as a result of natural events such as droughts, floods or bushfires.
"Living without access to sufficient resources or money".
what is poverty
________ is about maintaining the capacity of the environment to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures.
what is sustainability
The largest contributor to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is __________________.
what is cattle ranching
Indicators are measured from information that is either ___________ (soft) or quantitative (hard) data.
what is qualitative
Some invasive species were actually introduced to Australia to help control the populations of other pests.
True
"Charitable help and support, usually in the form of money, food, healthcare or educational resources".
what is 'aid'
The ________ means the living and non-living elements of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, and is the product of both natural and human processes.
what is Environment
TWO environmental consequences of climate change that are already happening are _________ and___________
what is melting polar ice and sea levels rising
By combining the data from many indicators, we can generate overall measures of wellbeing.
The main measures of wellbeing include:
what is Human Development Index (HDI) and the Happy Planet Index (HPI).
desertification usually results from the poor management of dryland places
true
"A multinational organisation that aims to maintain international peace, security and wellbeing".
what is United Nations (UN).
________ is when an event in one location can create a change in a place far away.
what is interconnection
A naturally-occurring process whereby Earth's atmosphere traps the sun's heat and stabilises global temperatures is called ______________
what is Greenhouse effect
In terms of economic development, countries are often described as being either ____________ (MEDC) or _____________ (LEDC).
what is more economically developed country or less economically developed country.
True or false: The country with the largest population is China
True.
According to the latest estimations, the largest countries by population size are China and India, respectively with 1.41.4 billion and 1.31.3 billion people. However, India is bound to surpass China by the end of 2025.
"When a plant or animal species dies out completely."
what is extinct
here are seven key concepts that every geographer should keep in mind: space, place, interconnection, change, environment, sustainability and _____
what is scale
"The water beneath Earth's surface."
Groundwater
Three factors are responsible for the regional variability of economic development are:
what is cultural, geographical and historical.
True or false: "It's important to reduce variations in populations' wellbeing because everyone should be able to satisfy their needs, realise their aspirations and cope with their environment."
True!
Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. Here, a healthy population is more than the absence of disease. It's the idea that everyone should have the resources to satisfy their needs, realise their aspirations and cope with their environment.
"The variety of species within an ecosystem."
what is biodiversity