Geography 24 sem 2

What does interconnectedness in geography mean?

No object of geographical study can be viewed in isolation.

What is a TNC?

Global companies with headquarters in multiple countries.

What does GDP stand for?

Gross domestic product, the total economic income of goods and services produced by a nation.

What role does Stanley St play in cultural exchange?

It became a hub for traditional cuisines and cultures from around the world.

What is globalization?

A flow of ideas, people, goods and services that leads to the integration of economies and societies.

List some positives of globalization.

Exchange of ideas, information, sharing of world issues, culture change, and help from other countries.

What is free trade?

An agreement between countries allowing trade without border restrictions.

What are reasons for interconnectedness?

Worldwide technology including transport, communications, and trade.

What are personal interconnections?

Places that you personally connect to, such as your house, school, or beach.

What percentage of the world's water is salt water?

97.5%.

How much of the world's water is freshwater?

2.5%.

What percentage of freshwater is glaciers and icecaps?

67.7%.

What is desalination?

The process of removing salt from seawater.

What is cloud seeding?

Releasing silver iodine into the sky to help clump particles for increased rainfall.

What is stormwater harvesting?

Capturing storm water and treating it to create freshwater.

What is the greenhouse effect?

Sun's energy entering the atmosphere, absorbed by land and water, some energy gets trapped by greenhouse gases.

What is condensation?

The process of gas turning into liquid.

Define infiltration in the context of water movement.

Movement of water through soil and porous rocks.

What is surface runoff?

Water that moves over the earth's surface.

Describe the term percolation.

Movement of water down through soil.

Define transpiration.

Water moving through plants and evaporating through the stomata.

What is the impact of water on the lithosphere?

Erosion and creation of structures over time.

The height of a feature above sea level is called?

Altitude.

What does latitude measure?

The distance north or south of the equator.

What does longitude measure?

The distance east or west from the prime meridian.