Eduqas GCSE Geography A key terms

A plate boundary where plates move apart and magma cools to form new crust.

A pattern of society and economic activity that encourages people to purchase goods and services in increasing amounts.

A climate strongly influenced by a large landmass, with greater differences between summer and winter temperatures than a maritime climate.

Numerical data that can take any value within a range, such as temperature or river depth.

A line on a map joining points at the same height above sea level.

The difference in height between neighbouring contour lines.

Methods used to prevent pregnancy.

A comparison group or area not exposed to the factor being investigated.

A comparison group or set of sites not exposed to the change being investigated, chosen to be otherwise as similar as possible.

Slow circulation within the mantle as hotter, less dense material rises and cooler, denser material sinks.

An organisation owned and run by its members, who work together for their shared benefit.

The apparent deflection of moving air caused by the Earth's rotation, helping tropical cyclones to rotate.

A relationship between two variables: positive when they tend to increase together, or negative when one tends to decrease as the other increases.

A comparison of a scheme's costs with its expected benefits, including damage avoided, to help decide whether it is worthwhile.

The movement of people from towns and cities to rural areas, often while retaining links with urban jobs and services.

Movement of people from urban areas to rural areas.

The ways that identities, traditions and activities, such as languages, festivals, food and entertainment, vary between groups and places.

A running total of frequencies up to a particular value or class boundary.

A repeating pattern of events or changes, such as daily journeys or seasonal leaf growth and fall.

A repeating pattern in which poverty limits opportunities, helping poverty continue into the next generation.

A planned form used to record fieldwork observations, measurements and relevant contextual information consistently.

Organising, checking and calculating summaries from collected geographical information so that it can be compared and presented.

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

The movement of activities, such as retailing, away from a town or city centre towards outer locations.

A tree that loses its leaves seasonally, usually in autumn in temperate climates.

An organism, such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead material and waste, helping nutrients return to the environment.

The breakdown of dead organisms and waste by decomposers, transferring carbon into soils and releasing some through respiration.