Key Words and Meanings - Year 7 Geography

• The UK and Wider World

  United Kingdom	The United Kingdom, made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  Great Britain	Great Britain refers to the whole of England, Scotland and Wales in combination, but not Northern Ireland
  Physical	Relating to naturally occurcing geographical phenomenon. For example rivers, volcanoes and mountains.
  Human	Relating to human phenomenon in geography. For example; cities, migration, sea defences.
  Geographical Scale	Relating to the different scales that geographical phenomenon can be understood; local, regional, national and global

• Is Bristol an important place?

  Settlement	A settlement is a place where people live. Settlements can be as small as a single house in a remote area or as a large as a mega city (a city with over 10 million residents).
  Place	Human characteristics of place include land use, density of population, language patterns, religion, architecture, and political systems.
  Relief	Relating to the elevation, altitude and gradient of land; Mountains are steep relief
  Industry	a group of manufacturers or businesses that produce a particular kind of goods or services; historic industry in Bristol revolved around the success of the harbourside

• Weather, climate and climate change

  Weather	The day to day conditions of the atmosphere: temperature, precipitation, humidity, cloud cover
  Climate	The average conditions found in a location over a period of 10 years
  Climate zone	An area within the world which shares the same climatic conditions; e.g the Mediterranean
  Climate Change	The phenomenon of a changing climate. Polar regions are experiencing warming, some equatorial regions are facing increasing drought.
  Relief rainfall	Rainfall which is formed as a result of warm air rising and condensing over mountains

• Diverse Africa

  Biodiversity

  The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat.

• Powerful Russia

  BRIC Economy	Powerful developing economies such as Brazil, Russia, India and China
  Natural Resources	are materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people's needs. Any natural substance that humans use can be considered a natural resource. Oil, coal, natural gas, metals, stone and sand are natural resources.
  Development	the standard of living and quality of life of human inhabitants.
  Population	the distribution, concentration and density of people over the terrestrial surface, as well as differences in population size, changes and characteristics, like structures and migration.
  Global interdependence	Interdependence between countries means that they are dependent on one another in some way. For example, many developing countries are dependent on developed countries for manufactured goods or resources..

• Fieldwork - Chepstow Castle

  Primary Data	Data which is collected first hand. For example, conducting an interview or questionnaire, collecting data on river depth and width
  Secondary data	Data which has not been collected by the individual. For example, using climate data on temperature from the BBC weather website.
  Inquiry Question	A geographical question that functions as the aim of your investigation
  Geographical method	A set of instructions and intentions for the order of an investigation. The method should allow an individual to replicate and recreate their investigation to get the same results.
  Data presentation	Taking data and presenting it visually. For example, making a graph or developing a colour map