Vocab.
A planned and organized killing of a group of people.
What is a genocide?
This is the name for the innermost layer of the Earth.
What is the core?
The steps in the water cycle include precipitation, collection, evaporation and this.
What is condensation?
This word describes the movement of people from one place to another.
What is migration?
This is what it's called when goods are sold to another country.
What is export?
This is a type of resource that come from the earth.
What is a natural resource?
This path along the Pacific Ocean is characterized by volcanoes and earthquakes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
Water contained in the Earth's crust.
What is groundwater?
Factors that draw people toward a new place are called this.
What are pull factors?
Better healthcare and lower death rates lead to this.
What is population growth?
This term tells how countries rely on each other for resources.
What is interdependence?
This is a wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
This is the process that makes salt water safe to drink.
What is desalination?
These factors drive people away from an area.
What are push factors?
This type of graph shows the distribution of a population.
What is a population pyramid?
This is the name for a small strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an isthmus?
These are large pieces of the Earth's crust that move and interact with each other.
What are tectonic plates?
This is the process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
True or false, in crowded areas, there is a bigger strain on resources.
What is true?
This term describes the loss of skilled workers from an area.
What is brain drain?
This is a person's identity or connection with a cultural group of people.
What is ethnicity?
These types of tectonic plates move apart.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
This is the process where small bits of rock are moved by water or wind.
What is erosion?
When some people migrate, they send money back to their home area, called this.
What is remittance?
This is a group of cities close together with a high population.
What is a megalopolis?