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This term means the number of people living in a specific area.
What is population?
This term describes the increasing percentage of people living in towns and cities.
What is urbanisation?
Hot, molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface is known as this.
What is magma?
After a strong offshore earthquake struck near Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, coastal towns were told to prepare for waves up to 1 metre high. Small waves were recorded at several ports, and people were urged to move to higher ground.
What is a tsunami?
In Russia, both birth and death rates were 13 per 1000 in 2016, leading to this outcome.”
What is zero population/natural change?
This term describes the number of babies born per thousand people per year.
What is the birth rate?
Poor-quality housing, high density, and limited infrastructure are typical features of these urban zones.
What is/are a slum/slums?
Vibrations caused by earthquakes travel as these waves.
What are seismic waves?
A violent spinning column of air that forms during severe storms and caused damage in parts of Brazil this week.
What is a tornado?
This global environmental issue, linked to more frequent droughts and floods, has intensified poverty and instability in Kenya.
What is climate change?
This type of migration occurs when people leave a country permanently.
What is emigration?
This refers to housing that is legally built with official permission, follows building regulations, and has access to services such as water, electricity, and sanitation.
What is formal housing?
The most damage usually happens at this point directly above the focus.
What is the epicentre?
The upcoming global climate conference where countries will discuss how to reduce emissions and deal with climate change impacts.
What is COP30?
This demographic measure remains high in Kenya, with women having an average of 3.9 children in 2016.
What is the fertility rate?
This describes a situation where a country has too few people to fully use its available resources and maximise economic potential.
What is underpopulation/underpopulated?
This refers to the deterioration of parts of a city as businesses close, services shut down, and people move away, leading to unemployment, poor housing, and social problems.
What is urban decline?
Volcanoes formed at destructive boundaries are often this type.
What are composite volcanoes?
hese valuable minerals used in modern technology—like EVs and smartphones—are a major topic in current affairs because most of the world relies on a few countries to supply them.
What are rare earths?
This indicator is unusually low for Russian men due to factors such as heavy drinking, smoking, pollution, and widespread disease.
What is male life expectancy?
This term describes the maximum number of people, animals, or activities that an environment can support without being damaged.
What is carrying capacity?
These are land uses or facilities that most people consider unpleasant or undesirable to live near, such as waste sites, prisons, or noisy infrastructure.
What are LULUs/(Locally Unwanted Land Uses)??
A fast-moving flow of hot ash and gas.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
A very powerful tropical storm with extremely strong winds, like Typhoon Fung-wong, which struck Luzon Island with winds over 185 km/h and caused major evacuations.
What is a super typhoon?
High natural increase in Kenya is partly due to limited access to this set of services, especially among poorer women.
What are family planning services?
This measures the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 live births in a given year
What is infant mortality rate?
This term describes when residents oppose unwanted developments—such as landfills, power stations, or housing projects—being built near their homes, even if they support them elsewhere.
What is nimbyism?
This 1997 disaster film is often used in Geography classes to illustrate volcanic hazards such as pyroclastic flows, lahars, toxic gases, and early warning challenges.
What is Dante’s Peak?
An unmanned aircraft used for surveillance, which recently entered Belgian airspace in suspected Russian incursions.
What is a drone?
Families with four or more children may receive this state award introduced in 2008.
What is the Paternal Glory medal?