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GEOGRAPHY (key concepts (place (part of Earths surface identified by…
GEOGRAPHY
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environmental change
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invasive species
invasive species are bad for the native animals because the animals have to compete for food, leaving some animals to starve to death and disrupting the food chain.
definition: An invasive species is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native too.
2 examples of invasive species
Ecosystem Services
sources
AKA provisioning services
Those are the natural product that humans take from the earth for our use
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services
AKA supporting services
Things that are done for us by the natural environment that don’t produce consumable resource
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climate change
definition: a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.
The causes of climate change are:
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Land forms
hill
a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.
spur
A spur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from a hill, mountain or main crest of a ridge. It can also be defined as another hill or mountain range which projects in a lateral direction from a main hill or mountain range.
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valley
a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
ridge
a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range
cliff
a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea.
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