Geography

Population trend

The pattern of change in a populations size, growth rate over a specific period of time.

Soil fertility

The ability of soil to help plant growth by providing plants with nutrients, water, etc.

Oblique aerial photograph

A picture taken from an aircraft with the camera pointing at an angle rather than straight down.

Pull factor

A positive condition at a place that pulls people to come live there.

Agricultural yield

The amount of agricultural produce harvested per unit of land is not harvested.

Urbanisation

The increasing proportion of a country's population is living in towns and cities compared to rural areas.

Conservation

The care and protection of the environment's resources is important.

Birth rate

The total number of human births per 1000 people in a population.

Land use pattern

Describe how humans arrange and organize different activities.

Water scarcity

There is not enough fresh water to meet people's and nature's needs.

Metropolis

The physical layout and structures of as major city and its surrounding area

Agricultural productivity

Meausres how much farm output is produced compared to the resources used to make it

Migration

The permanent or semi-permanent movement of people from one place to another.

Vertical aerial photograph

A picture of the Earth's surface taken from an aircraft at a 90 degree angle.

Sustainability

Using the Earth's resources in a way that meets our needs today without ruining it for future generations.

Death rate

The number of people who die out of 1000 people in a specific town, city or country during a single year

Dwellings

The basic shelter humans use to make a home in a specific environment.

Food security

Every person has reliable access to enough safe, healthy and affordable food to live an active healthy life.

Political instability

The country's government is weak.

Population density

The measurement of how crowded a place is.

Irrigation

The way of supplying water to land and crops using human-made systems when there is not enough rainfall

Ground level photograph

A picture taken with a camera while standing right on the ground

Population growth

The increase in the number of people living in a specific place.

Conurbation

When two or more towns grow so much that they merge into town.

Soil degradation

When the decline of health and soil can no longer support the environment.

Livability

How good or safe a place is to live in

Satellite photograph

A picture of Earth's surface with a special camera

Push factor

A negative condition at someone's current home that forces them out.

Settlement

A place where people live and build homes.

Spatial distribution

How things are spread out across a map

Migrants

A person who moves from one country to another.