1. WORD OF THE WEEK GEOGRAPHY KEY STAGE 3

2. CLIMATE

3. The average weather conditions of an area over a long period of time. Northern Ireland’s climate varies from place to place and season to season.

4. PRECIPITATION

5. Water in any form which falls to the earth. It includes rain, hail, sleet or snow. Precipitation is recorded using a rain gauge.

6. WATERFALLS

7. A sudden fall of water over a steep slope. The tallest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls.

8. Angel Falls Venezuela

9. WORD OF THE WEEK GEOGRAPHY KEY STAGE 4

10. COASTAL EROSION

11. The wearing away and removal of land by the sea.

12. Newcastle, Co Down is experiencing intense coastal erosion.

14. Transnational corporations -large companies with offices and factories across the world. Nike is an example of a TNC

15. Transnational Corporations - TNC

16. Factories where people have to work long hours for very little money. Poor LEDC countries tend to operate sweatshops.

17. Volcanic Plug Slemish Mountain

18. A land form made from the hardened vent material from inside a volcano exposed after erosion. Slemish Mountain is an example of a volcanic plug. A flat, wide surface that is formed when lava comes out of the ground and spreads quickly.

19. Lava Plateau

20. Outside Belfast, from Cave Hill to Divis Mountain, is the visible edge of a lava plateau.

21. Aged dependency

22. The proportion of people aged 65 or over in a population. Northern Ireland has an increasing proportion of aged dependants in our community.

23. ‘Green tourism’ – a sustainable form of tourism Ecotourism protects the environment and local way of life Ecotourism

25. Trekking in the Andes

26. Post 16 Keywords

27. Hurricanes Severe storm events that are intense low pressure systems that have their origins in the tropics. Hurricanes will only develop where sea temperatures exceed 26°c to a depth of 60m.

29. Urban Development Corporations (UDC) Corporations that improve basic infrastructure of inner cities to enable them to attract private investment. During the 1980’s and 1990’s Merseyside Development Corporation improved Liverpool’s dockland area.

30. Titanic Quarter Belfast

31. Liverpool Docks

32. Oxisol The term for the zonal soil found under tropical conditions. Oxisols in the Rainforest have a distinct red colour.

33. Integrated Transport Network A co-ordinated approach to managing several forms of transport.

34. Dublin’s integrated transport policies have increased flexibility and efficiency of public transport in the city.