Tourism
What are purposes of tourism
(why are people travelling?)
Holidays
Visit Friends/ Family
Medical
Business
There are no cacti in the Sahara. True or False?
True
In a settlement hierarchy, which of these is typically the smallest and has the fewest services?
Isolated home
What is the name for large pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly over time
Tectonic plates
What is the sector of employment responsible for manufacturing
Secondary
Negative impacts of tourism
(environmental)
Destruction of habitat & Vegetation to build tourist infrastructure
Strain on resources- water, electricity
Pollution (Air, Noise, Water)
Footpath erosion
What are the bulbous parts of deep tap roots called?
Tuburs
This specific area, usually found at the centre of a settlement, has the highest land values, the tallest buildings, and the highest concentration of retail and offices.
What is a CBD (central business district)
This type of plate boundary is where two plates move away from each other
Constructive(Divergent)
A large quaternary sector means MEDC or LEDC
MEDC
Why has tourism grown so much?
(any three reasons) (economic)
Rising incomes
Decreasing costs of holidays
Expanding Budget Airlines
Globalisation- increasing Business Travel
Marketing
Name the effect that is responsible for deserts being located near mountains?
Rain Shadow affect
This term refers to the specific place where a settlement is located, often chosen for its access to water, defense, or high ground to avoid flooding.
Site
This landform is created when an oceanic plate is forced beneath a continental plate
Volcanoes
As countries develop they get less of what sector
Primary
Define Sustainable tourism
Tourism organized in way that can be sustained without irreparable environmental, social, and economic damage
Name three desert specific adaptations for a single animal.
Camouflage
Nocturnal
Big cheeks
Lighter fur
Large bladder to store water
Large ears to radiate excess body heat
Minimum number of people needed to support a service.
Threshold/ Threshold population
What is subduction?
The process responsible for volcano formation at destructive boundaries, involves one plate sinking beneath another
Name parts of HDI
Life expectancy
GNI per capita
Mean years of schooling
Define Economic Leakage
money a tourist pays that does not stay in the local economy
Why would high pressure affect desert climate?
High pressure means water vapour or air cant rise which means it cant condense, cant create clouds, therefore cant cause rain so makes dry environment
How can the construction of a new railway increase a city’s sphere of influence?
Improved transport increases accessibility, allowing people to travel further to use services, which expands the city’s sphere of influence
Name the type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes but not volcanoes
Conservative plate boundary
Name gasses produced more and more by countries with high amounts of agriculture
Methane CH4