Eduqas GCSE Geography A key terms

A systematic tendency for selection or measurement to favour particular results or groups.

A list of full source details that allows a reader to identify and locate the materials used.

Aid given by the government of one country to another country.

The capacity of biologically productive land and sea to regenerate resources and absorb waste, especially carbon dioxide.

The variety of living organisms in an area.

The living material in an ecosystem, including plants and animals.

A large-scale ecological region characterised by its climate and typical vegetation, such as tropical rainforest or tropical savanna.

A survey scale with opposing descriptions at its ends, used to score a characteristic or opinion.

A survey scale with opposing descriptions at its ends, such as unattractive and attractive.

The number of live births per 1,000 people in a population each year.

Data recording two variables for each observation, such as temperature and visitor numbers on each day.

Development shaped by local people, who help identify needs and make decisions about solutions.

The loss of skilled or educated people from an area when they move elsewhere for better opportunities.

Land that has previously been developed and may be available for reuse.

An area around a highly protected habitat where activities are controlled to reduce disturbance to the protected area.

A large, roughly circular volcanic depression formed when the ground above a depleted magma chamber collapses.

A limit on the total greenhouse gas emissions allowed over a specified period.

Technology that captures carbon dioxide from sources such as industrial facilities, compresses it and stores it underground rather than releasing it into the atmosphere.

The movement of carbon between stores such as the atmosphere, living organisms, soil and dead organic material.

A transfer of carbon from one store to another through a process such as photosynthesis or combustion.

The total greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product, activity, person or organisation.

Compensating for emissions by supporting activities intended to reduce emissions elsewhere or remove carbon dioxide, such as tree planting.

A store that takes in more carbon than it releases, such as a growing forest.

A part of the Earth system in which carbon is held, such as a forest, the ocean or sedimentary rock.

The level of use an environment can support without unacceptable damage; it varies with local conditions.

A traditional system of inherited social groups that can influence social status and access to opportunities.

The area from which a service or attraction draws its users; in river geography, the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.