Eduqas GCSE Geography B key terms

The long-term pattern of weather in a place, including temperature, rainfall and their seasonal variation.

A long-term change in average climatic conditions, including temperature and rainfall patterns.

A combined graph showing monthly precipitation as bars and mean monthly temperature as a line.

A person forced to leave their home because of the effects of climate change. The expression describes displacement; it does not automatically confer legal refugee status.

A broad region with similar long-term temperature and precipitation patterns.

A hand-held instrument used to measure the angle of a slope.

The wearing away and removal of coastal material by processes such as wave action.

Seawater covering land that is normally dry.

A village or town where many residents travel elsewhere, usually to an urban area, for work.

A regular journey between home and a place of work.

A broad geographical idea used to organise an enquiry, connect evidence and explain findings.

Protection of species, habitats and natural processes from damage or loss.

The purchasing and consumption of goods and services.

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

A line joining points of equal height above sea level.

The vertical difference in height between neighbouring contour lines.

A comparison group that does not receive the treatment being investigated, helping researchers judge whether the treatment affected the results.

A factor other than the one being investigated that is kept constant or made comparable because it could affect the results.

A disagreement that generates public debate because people dispute a decision, its consequences or its fairness.

The Conference of the Parties: the annual meeting of countries involved in the United Nations climate convention.

Cutting suitable trees near ground level so that new shoots grow from the remaining stump.

The apparent deflection of moving air caused by the Earth's rotation: to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

A relationship between two variables. Positive correlation means they tend to increase together; negative correlation means one tends to decrease as the other increases.

An assessment comparing the costs of a proposal with its expected benefits, such as the damage avoided by coastal protection.

The movement of people and businesses from towns and cities to rural areas.

The quantity of a crop harvested per unit of agricultural land.

A side-on representation showing how the height of the land changes along a line.