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Year 9 Geography vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| agriculture | the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool and other products |
| arable | suitable for farming |
| biodiversity | the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat |
| biofuel | fuels made from natural sources |
| biome | groupings of plant and animal communities which have adapted to inhabit particular parts of the Earth’s surface |
| capitalism | an economic system in which resources and means of production are privately owned and prices, production, and the distribution of goods are determined mainly by competition in a free market |
| commodity | a raw material, such as an agricultural product, that can be bought and sold |
| domestic tourism | where people travel within their own country for recreation |
| economy of scale | the advantage that a larger producer or consumer has over a smaller one because of costs that do not increase proportionately with size or amount purchased |
| ecosystem | an area of the Earth’s surface where living organisms interact with parts of the Earth |
| e-waste (electronic waste) | the rubbish created by throwing away used electronic devices and components, such as batteries; also, the disposal of materials involved in their manufacture or use |
| fair trade | trade based on the buying and selling of products (usually from poorer nations) that have been mined, grown or manufactured under humane working conditions, with appropriate wages for the workers and minimal environmental impact |
| food chain | the sequence of feeding arrangements in an ecosystem in which each member may be food for the next highest member of the chain |
| food security | the knowledge that enough food will be provided for the population now and in the future |
| globalisation | when an idea or product reaches a worldwide scale |
| Green Revolution | a period beginning in the 1960s when new agricultural techniques brought great increases in production and greatly decreased the incidence of hunger worldwide |
| industrialism | when countries’ economic and social systems become based around the production of goods through mechanised industries in urban centres, rather than through agriculture |
| irrigation | the process of supplying water to a crop, typically via channels |
| megatrend | a major movement, pattern or trend emerging in the global environment |
| migration | movement from one location to another |
| personal mobility | one’s ability to move around |
| savanna | a grassy plain with only a few trees |
| staple food | the most commonly eaten food in a specific region |
| trade | the buying and selling of goods and services |
| transnational companies | companies that operate their businesses in and across more than one country; also called multinational companies |
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