Edexcel Geography B paper 1 GCSE

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Warm air rises, causing ___ pressure
Low
Cold air sinks, causing ___ pressure
High
There are 6 circulation cells: Polar, ___ and Hadley
Ferrel
___ cycles: Variations in Earth's orbit
Milankovitch
The amount of radiation the Sun gives out varies over a ___ year cycle
11
Clouds of ash dust from ___ block out the Sun creating a cooling effect
Volcanoes
The cell closest to the north and south poles
Polar
The cell closest to the equator
Hadley
The effect caused by the Earth's rotation
Coriolis
The fast winds found between two cells
jet stream
The natural process keeping Earth warm
greenhouse effect
Increasing population means more food is needed so ___ is increased
Farming
Cars are becoming more affordable as well as flying so ___ uses more energy
Transport
Most _____ is produced by burning fossil fuels, producing greenhouse gases
Energy
People have more disposable income so demand for consumer goods leads to _____ growth
industrial
Evidence for natural climate change:
Ice cores
 
Historical sources
 
Tree rings
Evidence for natural climate change: Rising ___ levels
sea
_____ ice caps
melting
More frequent and _______ weather events
extreme
Air in the eye of a tropical cyclone is always _____
sinking
Tropical cyclones generally move ____
west
Water must be _____ degrees celsius
26.5
They must be at least _ degrees north or south of the equator for the Coriolis effect to take effect
5
Physical hazard of tropical cyclones: strong ___ could cause trees to fall over or debris to go everywhere
winds
Weather that causes flooding and damage to property
Rain
___ ___ could contaminate water because of high water levels
storm surges
Salt water on land, contamination, damage to farming and tourism - effects of ___
flooding
When soil is saturated after intense rainfall it causes ___
landslides
The ability, or lack thereof, to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover from a hazard
vulnerability
Physical vulnerabilities: low _____ means that settlements are more vulnerable to storm surges
relief
Social vulnerabilities: Areas of poverty are more vulnerable as housing is less well built so less _____ to natural disasters
resistant
People may not be ______ as to what they should do in the event of a disaster
educated
The general population may be ____, making it harder to evacuate them
older
Economic vulnerabilities: Richer countries have better access to accurate weather ___ and ___ data to know how the hazard might affect the country
predictions modelling
Preparation: Atmospheric ______: Areas of low ______ are likely to be a source for a storm. Buoys can be used to measure that in advance
pressure
_______: TV, radio, social media are used to update people
communication
Satellite tracking and _____ technology track the approach of a tropical storm
radar
Computer programs can be used to estimate likely paths of a storm
modelling
Rescuers search for trapped people, provide f___ and w_____.
food water
Afterwards, you must repair and rebuild ______
infrastructure
______ currents: where heat moves through the Earth's mantle
convection
Plate boundary where plates move apart e.g. Eurasian and North American plates
divergent
Plate boundary where plates move together e.g. Philippines and Eurasian plates
convergent
Plate boundary where plates slide past each other
conservative
Oceanic plates are _____ beneath continental plates because they are denser
subducted
_______ volcanoes are cone shaped and form on destructive plate boundaries
composite
These volcanoes produce ______ lava which is viscous and has high silica content
andesitic
Eruptions are infrequent but ______
violent
_______ volcanoes are found on constructive plate boundaries or hotspots
shield
They produce thin, runny lava with a low silica content called _____ lava
basaltic
They also have a ____ base and _____ slopes
wide gentle
A ______ volcano is where a plume of superheated rock rises up and melts the lithosphere.
hotspot
Factors affecting the scale of a hazard: How shallow the _____ is
focus
How close the ______ is to a settlement
epicentre
_______ density: more ____ dense areas can suffer more damage
Population
_____ of day: more casualties if people are inside
time
How prepared people are: are they educated, are ______ engineered to withstand and resist earthquake
buildings
_______ form because of underwater earthquakes
Tsunamis
So a ______ of water is lifted up
column
_______ pulls the water down and it begins to fan out
gravity
The 2 case studies for earthquakes: Emerging country _____, Developed country____
Haiti Tohoku
Tropical cyclones: emerging______ developed______
Philippines USA
The term that describes how advanced a country is compared to others
development
Development can be by social, economic, and _____ metrics
political
Gross _____ product (GDP) is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in one year
domestic
GNI includes wealth created ______ of the country by TNCs
outside
HDI puts together income, life ______, years in ______, and forms a compound measure between 0 and 1 that shows how socially developed a country is
expectancy education
____ coefficient measures distribution of income
Gini
Corruptions ______ index grades countries from highly corrupt(0) to not corrupt(100)
perceptions
Number of women who die from pregnancy per year per 100 000 is the ___ ___ ___
Maternal mortality rate
Average number of children born to each women in a country at any point in time
fertility rate
Number of births per 1000 per year
birth rate
Number of babies that die before their first birthday per 1000
Infant mortality rate
Deaths per 1000 per year
Death rate
A method of presenting a populations age structure
population pyramid
Causes of global inequalities: ___: Topography and environment affect access to an area and land use
physical
Political and _____ policies: open economies develop faster
economic
Historical: _______ or neo_______
colonialism
Social investment: education and ______
healthcare
______ modernisation theory
Rostow
________ ______: Limited technology, most people work on farmland rurally
Traditional society
___ ______ for ____-____:Low technology, labour-intensive industries start to develop
Pre conditions take off
____-____: Rapid industrial growth of manufacturing and development of infrastructure
Take off
_____ _ _____: Further growth, technology used throughout economy
Drive to maturity
____ ____ _______: Wide range of goods. Wealth spent on military, education, welfare or luxuries.
High mass consumption
Problems with this method: Assumes that all countries begin developing at the same ____ ____
starting point
Doesn't consider resources, population or _____
climate
Model is based on eighteenth and nineteenth century ______ which took advantage of other countries to develop in that way
Europe
______'s dependency theory
Frank
Developing countries are _______ on developed countries
dependent
Developed countries use their economic and political _____ to exploit others
power
Large scale projects that aim for national or regional development e.g. Three Gorges Dam, Elizabeth Line
Top-down
They are funded by international _____, so there is a lot of money available to spend on them
banks
They use sophisticated _______ which requires experts and specialists
technology
Local scale projects which aim to benefit a village or small community
Bottom-up
Led by ___s or communities
NGO
They use basic technology which makes them easier to use and ___ by the locals independently
maintain
The process by which there is a widening and deepening of global connections and interdependence
globalisation
Increasing global links leads to: more _____
trade
____ trade
fair
_______ (money sent back to family abroad)
remittances
____ relief for countries who may not be able to afford to pay back money they have borrowed
debt
___ (money sent to developing countries to help them develop)
aid
India is in South____
Asia
Countries it borders
China
 
Nepal
 
Bhutan
 
Pakistan
 
Bangladesh
 
Myanmar
Government policy has led to ______ being of high priority
education
Globalisation has led to increased investment from ___s
TNC
This is coupled with increasingly ______ labour with a low cost
skilled
They all speak _____ which is useful for TNCs
English
The government also offers ___ exemptions
tax
India is the _____ recipient of aid in history
biggest
However, India now _____ much more financial aid than they ______
sends receive
The process where services are provided to countries in the west from India
Outsourcing
Transport/Communication. India's road network _____ in in size between 1990 and 2012
doubled
India has the worlds _____ largest wireless network
second
BRICS countries
Brazil
 
Russia
 
India
 
China
 
South Africa
A city which is by far the largest in a country
primate
The process by which an increasing % of a countries population live in towns or cities
Urbanisation
A city with 10 or more million people
megacity
Socio- economic causes of urbanisation: the process of people moving from rural areas to urban areas
rural-urban migration
A factor which encourages people to move into an area
Pull
A factor which discourages people from moving into an area
Push
The sector of the economy providing services
tertiary
The sector of the economy involving manufacturing
secondary
The sector of the economy involving the extraction of raw materials
primary
Jobs where employees pay taxes
formal
They pay pay a ______ and reliable wage
regular
Workers have _____ such as sick pay, maternity leave and paid holidays
rights
Graph showing how employment in different sectors changes as a country develops
Clark-Fisher model
The sector providing high tech services
quaternary
Jobs not recognised by the government
Informal
The decline of industrial activity in a region or in an economy
de-industrialisation
The movement of people and employment from major cities to smaller settlements
Counter urbanisation
The outward spread of the built up area
suburbanisation
Reviving the economy or environment of a run-down area
Regeneration
Factors influencing urban land use: The ___ of the land to buy and build on
Cost
Whether you're allowed to build on it/what you're allowed to build on it ___ ___
Planning regulations
How easy it is to reach from other areas
Accessibility
Whether there's enough land to build what you want to build
Availability
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