Year 9 Geography glossary

Geography

• A biome community and the natural environment in which it is found, and the relationships that are found there. E = B + E

• the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Geographers explore both the physical properties of Earth's surface and the human societies spread across it.

Environment

• The natural elements of an area – Biosphere Lithosphere Atmosphere Cryosphere and Hydrosphere

• large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.

• A biome community and the natural environment in which it is found, and the relationships that are found there. E = B + E

Biome

• The natural and human visible features of an area

• The natural elements of an area – Biosphere Lithosphere Atmosphere Cryosphere and Hydrosphere

• large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.

Landscape

• The natural and human visible features of an area

• The living flora and fauna of an area and the relationships between them

Biosphere

• The physical material of the earth – soil, landforms, crust

• The living flora and fauna of an area and the relationships between them

• The gaseous envelope surrounding the world expressed through the weather and climate

Lithosphere

• The physical material of the earth – soil, landforms, crust

• The living flora and fauna of an area and the relationships between them

• The gaseous envelope surrounding the world expressed through the weather and climate

Atmosphere

• The living flora and fauna of an area and the relationships between them

• The solid water and the forms created in an area including snow fields, glaciers, ice flows….

• The gaseous envelope surrounding the world expressed through the weather and climate

Cryosphere

• The gaseous envelope surrounding the world expressed through the weather and climate

• The solid water and the forms created in an area including snow fields, glaciers, ice flows….

• The forms of liquid water in an area eg rivers, swamps, water falls, lakes, oceans…

Hydosphere

• The physical material of the earth – soil, landforms, crust

• The solid water and the forms created in an area including snow fields, glaciers, ice flows….

• The forms of liquid water in an area eg rivers, swamps, water falls, lakes, oceans…

Anthrome

• A landscape where the features have been formed by human activity

• The natural and human visible features of an area

• The living flora and fauna of an area and the relationships between them