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Seth Social Studies
social study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Food Web | All the feedings relationship within an ecosystem. |
| Plural Society | A society in which different cultral groups keep their own identity, beliefs and traditions |
| Biodiversity | The varity of plants and animals living in one area or on Earth. |
| Ecumene | A geograpgic region theat is well suited for permanent settlement by people. |
| Subtainable Development | Using resources to help people. |
| Refugee | Someone who seeks safty by moving to another country. |
| Freshwater | Water that is fresh. |
| Food Chain | A series of plants and animals, each of which depend on the one below it for food. |
| Watershed | Water that has been used. |
| Rural Decline | Worsing economic conditions in the county. |
| GDP | Gross Demestic Product. |
| Migration Stream | The constant flow of migrates. |
| Adaptation | A change in a way of life to suit new conditions. |
| El Nino | A warm ocean current. |
| Tropical Cyclone | A hurricane. |
| Superanational cooperation | A form of international cooperation in which countries give up contral to work together. |
| Absolute Location | The percise point where a place is located on Earth. |
| Population Desity | The adverage number of people in one area. |
| Ecosystem | A community of all the living things in an area. |
| Per Capita | Per person. |
| Consuption | The using up of goods and services. |
| Pull Factor | Something that encourages people to leave or move to a new place. |
| Spatical Inequality | The unequal distribution of wealth or resorces in a geologic area. |
| Indigenous Peoples | Native of an area who have been conquerd or dominated by others who came later. |
| Extreme Weather | Servere or unusual weather conditions such as hurricanes, tornadoes, or blizzards. |
| Tropical Rainforest | A broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions neer the equator. |
| Distortion | A change in size, shape or position of a place when it is shown on a map. |
| Region | An area defined by one or more natural or cultral characteristics that set it apart from other places. |
| Developed Countries | Wealthy Countries. |
| Push Factor | Something that make people want to come to that country. |
| Emigrate | To move from one county from another. |
| Standard of Living | The overall levell of confort and well being of a group or a county. |
| Subsistence Farming | Farming that provides food for that family. |
| Meteorology | The scientific study of climate. |
| Carbon-Oxygen Cycle | The process by which carbon and oxygen cycle amoung plants. |
| Centrifugal Force | The forces that divide people and countries. |
| Centipetal Forces | Forces that unite people and countries. |
| Map Projection | A way of represeting the sphre |