Eduqas GCSE Geography A key terms

A geographical location with particular physical and human characteristics and meanings attached to it by people.

The combination of characteristics, history and meanings that makes a place recognisable and distinctive.

Designing products to become outdated or unusable after a limited period, encouraging consumers to replace them.

The zone where two tectonic plates meet.

A deep hollow eroded at the foot of a waterfall by hydraulic action and abrasion.

The illegal hunting or capture of wild animals.

A high-latitude circulation cell in which air sinks over the poles, moves towards lower latitudes at the surface and rises where it meets warmer air.

The whole set of people, objects or sites that an investigation seeks to understand.

The number of people per unit of area, usually expressed as people per square kilometre.

The pattern of where people live and how they are spread across an area.

A diagram showing the age and sex structure of a population using horizontal bars.

The composition of a population, including the proportions of people in different age groups and sexes.

A process in which an initial increase in investment or employment generates further economic activity through business orders and spending.

A process in which an initial investment creates further economic activity, such as new businesses and additional jobs.

A lack of financial resources to meet a person’s needs.

Water falling from the atmosphere, including rain, snow, sleet and hail.

Using evidence to estimate where a hazardous event or its effects may occur, and sometimes when.

The direction from which the wind most frequently blows.

A basic agricultural product or raw material that is traded, such as tobacco or copper.

An animal that feeds on producers.

Information collected first-hand by the investigator for the enquiry, such as current shop counts, weather measurements or field photographs.

The first main stage of formal schooling, where children develop foundations such as reading, writing and numeracy.

An immediate, direct consequence of a hazard event, such as buildings collapsing during earthquake shaking.

An organism, such as a green plant, that uses sunlight to make its own food through photosynthesis.

The transfer of profits earned overseas back to the company's home country.

The share of a total belonging to a particular group or category, expressed as a fraction, decimal or percentage.

A map using symbols whose sizes represent quantities at particular locations.