A level OCR Geography Glossary A-E
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Questions With Answers || || ||
Ablation - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The loss of ice and
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snow especially from a glacier through melting
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evapouration and sublimation || ||
Absolute humidity - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The mass of
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water vapour in a given volume of air
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Abstraction - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The extraction of || || || || || ||
water from rivers and boreholes for public water supply
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Abyssal plain - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The deepest part
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of the ocean covering vast areas of ocean floor submarine
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mountain chains and trenches interrupt the relatively flat
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plain
Accumulation - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The addition or || || || || || ||
gain of snow and ice to a glacier overtime
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Acidification - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Decreasing pH e.g. || || || || ||
Of the oceans due to an increase in the uptake of CO2
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from the atmosphere
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,Active layer - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The near surface
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layer in a periglacial environment which seasonally
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freezes and thaws || ||
Adiabatic expansion - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The
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expansion of a parcel of air due to a decrease in pressure.
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Expansion causes cooling
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Advanced countries (ACs) - CORRECT || || || || ||
ANSWER(S)✔✔Countries that share a number of || || || || || ||
important economic characteristics including well-
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developed financial markets high degrees of financial
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intermediation and diversified economic structures with || || || || || ||
rapidly growing service sectors
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Advection - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The horizontal
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movement of an air mass which often results in either
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heating or cooling || ||
Aeolian - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Erosion also
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transportations and depositional processes by the wind || || || || || ||
Aggradation - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The deposition of || || || || || ||
sediment in a river channel which results in a rise in the
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bed elevation
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, Agribusiness - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A large scale || || || || || ||
farming practice e run on business lines
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Afro-ecosystems - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔An ecosystem || || || || ||
that is managed to produce food
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Alases - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Flat-floored steep side
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steep-side depressions in periglacial environments|| || || ||
Albedo - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Proportion of sunlight
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reflected from a surface || || ||
Algal bloom - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A rapid increase in
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algae in a water system
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Alkaloid - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A naturally occurring
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chemical compound the active ingredient in many
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medical drugs e.g. morphine || || ||
Alluvial fan - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A cone of sediment
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deposited by the river where it leaves a steep upland
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course and enters a lowland area
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Questions With Answers || || ||
Ablation - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The loss of ice and
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snow especially from a glacier through melting
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evapouration and sublimation || ||
Absolute humidity - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The mass of
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water vapour in a given volume of air
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Abstraction - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The extraction of || || || || || ||
water from rivers and boreholes for public water supply
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Abyssal plain - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The deepest part
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of the ocean covering vast areas of ocean floor submarine
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mountain chains and trenches interrupt the relatively flat
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plain
Accumulation - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The addition or || || || || || ||
gain of snow and ice to a glacier overtime
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Acidification - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Decreasing pH e.g. || || || || ||
Of the oceans due to an increase in the uptake of CO2
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from the atmosphere
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,Active layer - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The near surface
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layer in a periglacial environment which seasonally
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freezes and thaws || ||
Adiabatic expansion - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The
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expansion of a parcel of air due to a decrease in pressure.
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Expansion causes cooling
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Advanced countries (ACs) - CORRECT || || || || ||
ANSWER(S)✔✔Countries that share a number of || || || || || ||
important economic characteristics including well-
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developed financial markets high degrees of financial
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intermediation and diversified economic structures with || || || || || ||
rapidly growing service sectors
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Advection - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The horizontal
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movement of an air mass which often results in either
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heating or cooling || ||
Aeolian - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Erosion also
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transportations and depositional processes by the wind || || || || || ||
Aggradation - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔The deposition of || || || || || ||
sediment in a river channel which results in a rise in the
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bed elevation
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, Agribusiness - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A large scale || || || || || ||
farming practice e run on business lines
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Afro-ecosystems - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔An ecosystem || || || || ||
that is managed to produce food
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Alases - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Flat-floored steep side
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steep-side depressions in periglacial environments|| || || ||
Albedo - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Proportion of sunlight
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reflected from a surface || || ||
Algal bloom - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A rapid increase in
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algae in a water system
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Alkaloid - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A naturally occurring
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chemical compound the active ingredient in many
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medical drugs e.g. morphine || || ||
Alluvial fan - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A cone of sediment
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deposited by the river where it leaves a steep upland
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course and enters a lowland area
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