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Flashcards by Laila Al-Refai, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Laila Al-Refai
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| KS3 Geography Year 7 | Human Geography Physical Geography |
| What does it mean to have close contour lines and what are the numbers on the contour lines? | The close contour lines mean this object is steep and the numbers on the lines are the meters high it is |
| What are the 16 compass points? | North, north-northeast, northeast, east-northeast, east, east-southeast, southeast, south-southeast, south, south-southwest, southwest, west-southwest, west, west-northwest, northwest, north-northwest. |
| What are the main lines of latitude? | Arctic circle 90N Tropic of Cancer 23.5N Equator 0 Tropic of Capricorn 23.5N Antarctic circle 90N |
| What are the causes of Climate Change? | the releasing of gasses into the Earth, overpopulation and over-usage of CO2 |
| What are the impacts of Climate Change? | positive: longer growing crop periods and warmer temperatures in cold places. negative: glaciers melting, prolonged droughts in hot places, increased natural disasters and increased smog, causing health issues. |
| Poverty cycle: | poor families with too many kids. can't afford a good education for the kids. kids may be illiterate. kids get worse jobs and are even poorer than their parents. |
| What are the impacts or the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? | Positive: more electricity for (from Ethiopia) Negative: much less water and less crop growth |
| The course of the Nile: | The Nile has two sources, Lake Tanzania in Uganda and Lake Victoria in Ethiopia. They both meet in Sudan. Then they flow to the top of Egypt. |
| What is the difference between human and physical geography? | Human geography affects people and their wellbeing, physical geography is about the Earth. |
| What are Map Scales? | Map scales are the difference between the space on the map to real life. typically, 1:25,000 or 1:50,000. |
| What should all maps have? | A title, a key, compass points and a scale |
| How to measure map scales? | Take the distance and the map and divide it by 4 (if the scale is 25k) or 2 (if the scale is 50k). Then change the sign cm to km |
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