End Of Year Exam In Geography
End of year exam in Geography
Key words
Deforestation
Is the felling and clearance of forest land.
The process of cutting down a large number of trees in a forest and not replacing them
Ecosystem
Is a community of plants and animals which interacts with each other and their non-living environment.
Sustainable development
Understanding how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations by not harming the environment.
Longshore drift
Is a process of transportation that shifts eroded beach materials along the coastline in a zigzag movement.
Development
Process of change and growth in people’s lives for the better by the use of the resources around them or the riches that their government has.
Equatorial climate
Is a type of climate that is hot and wet throughout the year. Rainfall is heavy and falls during most afternoons. There are no winters or summers(seasons). One day is similar to the next.
Biome
A very large ecosystem such as rainforests.
Erosion
Process of transportation
Conditions in which the earth’s surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
Desert
An environment or region that receives very little precipitation (rain).
Defined as areas that receive an annual precipitation of less than 250 mm.
Development Indicators
Usually a numerical measure of quality of life and development in a country. Indicators are used to illustrate progress of a country in meeting a range of economic, social, and environmental goals. Since indicators represent data that have been collected by a variety of agencies using different collection methods, there may be inconsistencies among them.
THE RAINFOREST ENVIRONMENT
To be able to define an ecosystem
Is a community of plants and animals which interacts with each other and their non-living environment.
To be able to define a biome
A very large ecosystem such as rainforests.
To be able to describe the location of tropical rainforests
Tropical rainforests are located in a band
Key words
Deforestation
Is the felling and clearance of forest land.
The process of cutting down a large number of trees in a forest and not replacing them
Ecosystem
Is a community of plants and animals which interacts with each other and their non-living environment.
Sustainable development
Understanding how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations by not harming the environment.
Longshore drift
Is a process of transportation that shifts eroded beach materials along the coastline in a zigzag movement.
Development
Process of change and growth in people’s lives for the better by the use of the resources around them or the riches that their government has.
Equatorial climate
Is a type of climate that is hot and wet throughout the year. Rainfall is heavy and falls during most afternoons. There are no winters or summers(seasons). One day is similar to the next.
Biome
A very large ecosystem such as rainforests.
Erosion
Process of transportation
Conditions in which the earth’s surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
Desert
An environment or region that receives very little precipitation (rain).
Defined as areas that receive an annual precipitation of less than 250 mm.
Development Indicators
Usually a numerical measure of quality of life and development in a country. Indicators are used to illustrate progress of a country in meeting a range of economic, social, and environmental goals. Since indicators represent data that have been collected by a variety of agencies using different collection methods, there may be inconsistencies among them.
THE RAINFOREST ENVIRONMENT
To be able to define an ecosystem
Is a community of plants and animals which interacts with each other and their non-living environment.
To be able to define a biome
A very large ecosystem such as rainforests.
To be able to describe the location of tropical rainforests
Tropical rainforests are located in a band