Geography Key Terms Crossword

a variety of living organisms in an area
the long-term precipitation and temperature patterns of an area
clearing forests to make way for housing or agricultural development
The cutting down, processing and removal of trees from an area
the process of economic and social change in which an increasing proportion of the population of a country or region live in urban areas
the presence of salt on the surface of the land, in soil or rocks, or dissolved in rivers and groundwater
relating to a city or town. The definition of an urban area varies from one country to another depending on population size and density.
relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
the birthrate of a population
relating to or involving a combination of social and economic factors
Population _______ tells us the intensity of land use or how crowded a place is
_____ factors refers to conditions which people to leave their homes to move somewhere else
____ factors refer to the factors which attract people to move to a certain area
describes land that can be used for growing crops
per ____ is another way of showing per person (literally ‘by head’)
the use by people of the Earth’s environmental resources at a rate such that the capacity for renewal is ensured
the farming of aquatic plants and aquatic animals such as fish
rocks, minerals and ground
All things water
Air and gases surrounding the earth
The sphere for everything living
marine species that are unintentionally caught while targeting/catching other marine species
_____ is used to describe the plants of a particular region
_____ is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time
GDP in expanded form
_____ value is that the total value of an ecosystem
the supply of water by artificial means to agricultural areas where there is a shortage
the surface of the groundwater, below which all pores in the soils and rock layers are saturated with water
amount of agriculture produced or provided
a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterised by health, happiness, prosperity and welfare