Geography Flashcards
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What type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Himalayas?
Answer: Collision boundary
The Himalayas formed when the Indian and Eurasian plates collided at a collision boundary, pushing rock upward.
Which term describes the process by which water moves through a plant and evaporates from its leaves?
Answer: Transpiration
Transpiration is the process by which water is absorbed by roots, travels through the plant, and evaporates from leaf surfaces.
What is a 'brownfield site'?
Answer: Previously developed land that is now unused or underused
A brownfield site is land that has previously been built on and is now derelict or underused, often in urban areas.
Which of the following is an example of a push factor for migration?
Answer: War and conflict in the home country
Push factors are negative conditions in the origin country — like war, poverty, or drought — that drive people to leave.
What does the term 'urban sprawl' mean?
Answer: The uncontrolled spread of urban areas into surrounding rural land
Urban sprawl refers to the unplanned, low-density expansion of cities outward into rural or undeveloped land.
The demographic transition model shows that in Stage 2, which of the following occurs?
Answer: High birth rate and falling death rate
In Stage 2 of the demographic transition model, improved healthcare and sanitation lower death rates while birth rates remain high, causing rapid population growth.
Which type of erosion involves particles being carried by a river scraping and wearing away the riverbed?
Answer: Abrasion
Abrasion occurs when sediment carried by the river grinds against the riverbed and banks, wearing them down like sandpaper.