Geography

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Deindustraliation	The decline in industrial activity in a region or economy
Primary (employment classification)	The extraction of raw materials e.g. farming
Secondary (employment classification)	Manufacturing - where raw materials are converted into finished products e.g. car making
Tertiary (employment classification)	The service industry. This includes doctors and teachers
Quaternary (employment classification)	Provide information and expect help. They are often associated with creative or knowledge- based industries
The hydrological cycle	the transfer of water between the atmosphere, land and oceans. it is a closed system (nothing is added or lost)
Precipitation	rain, snow, sleet, hail
Interception	The capture of water by vegetation
Stemflow	water flowing down the stem/ trank
Infiltration	The movement of water into the soil from the surface
Percolation	The movement of water into the rocks
Throughflow	Sideways movement of water throught the soil
Groundwater flow	The flow of groundwater into the river
Groundwater storage	Water stored in rocks following percolation
Surface runoff	Water running over the land into the river
Evapotranspiration	Water lost from the land and vegetation. The change from a liquid into a gas
Transpiration	Water vapour lost through pores in leaves
Biosphere	The part of the Earth and atmosphere in which living organisms exist
Litosphere	Outer layer of the Earth's surface
Primary impacts	Impacts that happen as a direct result of the event
Secondary impacts	Impacts that happen later as an inirect effect of an event
Social impact	Things that affect people's lives and the way they live
Environmental impact	Things that affect the physical environment and the natural word
LEDC	A less economically developed country
MEDC	A more economically developed country
Prediction	Using scientific techniques to foresee when an event will happen
Preparation	Actions that are taken in advance of an event to reduce the possible impacts
Responses	Actions that are taken after an event to reduce an impacts
Hazard resistant design	Ways of planning and constructing buildings to reduce the possible impacts of an event
Constructive boundary	Where two tectonic plates are moving apart
Destructive boundary	The boundary where a continental plate and oceanic plate collide. The denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
Collision boundary	Where two continental plates collide , forming fold mountains
Conservative boundary	Where two tectonic plates slide past each other
Subduction zone	The area where one plate is pushed underneath another
Mantle	The middle layer of the Earth. It lies between the crust and the core
Asthenosphere	The upper part of the Earth's mantle that is semi-molten
Oceanic plate	Dense crust made out of basalt
Continental crust	The crust that forms the land. It is mostly made of granite
Earthquake	The movement of the Earth's surface caused by the build-up of friction between tectonic plates
Volcano	The landform created when lava erupts from the surface of the Earth
Magma	Molten rock below the surface of the Earth
Lava	Molten rock above the surface of the Earth
Convection current	Currents that rise in the Earth's mantle that are strong enough to move the tectonic plates
Epicentre	The point on the ground directly above the focus of an earthquake
Focus	The point of origin of an earthquake. It is usually underground

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