Key terms & definitions

An increase in the area occupied by a settlement.

A model that shows where parts are positioned or how they are connected.

A model that shows the positions, arrangement, shape or relative orientation of parts of a system.

A model that shows how features are arranged in space.

A model that shows how parts are arranged or positioned relative to one another.

The arrangement of features or values across an area, such as a cluster or a gradual change.

The ground distance represented by the width of one pixel in a satellite image; smaller pixels generally allow finer detail to be distinguished.

Differences between places in a characteristic such as income, employment or life expectancy.

A town visited for its mineral springs, whose waters were believed to have healing properties.

The Social Democratic Party: a German socialist party which campaigned for workers’ rights and democratic reform and became the largest Reichstag party in 1912.

An illegal drinking establishment operating during prohibition.

The voice speaking within a poem, which should not automatically be treated as the poet speaking autobiographically.

An output device that converts varying electrical signals into sound and can reproduce speech, music and other complex sounds.

The MP elected by other MPs to chair House of Commons debates impartially, maintain order and apply parliamentary rules.

Speaking in spiritual languages, also called glossolalia, understood by Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians as a gift of the Holy Spirit.

A measure of the correlation between the rank orders of two variables, commonly written as $r_s$.

A trained volunteer police officer who has the same legal powers as a regular police officer.

A designated area offering special conditions to attract foreign investment and encourage international trade.

A designated area offering incentives, such as lower taxes, to attract businesses and investment.

An area where businesses receive incentives, such as lower taxes, to encourage investment.

The development of officers or units with training and expertise for particular kinds of police work.

An audience united by a particular interest, such as a genre, author or fictional world.

A cell whose structures are adapted to enable it to carry out a particular function.

A cell with a structure suited to carrying out a particular function.

Medical care provided by professionals with advanced expertise in a particular disease, body system or type of treatment.

Material with particular characteristics that may need to be sourced from a specialist supplier or ordered specially rather than obtained from normal stock.

A school concentrating on a particular subject area, such as languages, technology or science, with the aim of raising standards in that area.

Words and phrases with precise meanings within a subject, such as geographical terms.

A tool selected to suit a particular material, task, accuracy or finish.

Writing by a film specialist that offers ideas about filmmaking or interpretations of films. For Eduqas Section C, students use a set extract.