Geography all around us

the layer of air which surrounds the Earth

Biosphere

How a feature is spread over an area

Dispersed

as features are spread out on the surface of the Earth they create shapes e.g houses may be located along a road in a line e.g creating a linear pattern

Dispersed

a pattern created by the aspect being spread out e.g homesteads in central Australia are spread out as they are large and not many exist in this large area

Distribution pattern

Features which are built by humans to provide a service e.g airports, schools, roads, railway lines, shopping centres

Infrastructure

A resource that cannot be replaced once it's been used e.g fossil fuels

Non-renewable resource

The surface zone of the Earth, in which all life exists

Atmosphere

Aspects of being close together

Clustered

Those features of the environment that have been created by humans

Constructed environment

The location of something far away from others

Isolated

A term used to describe the view someone has in regards to a certain topic

Perspective

Resources which are available for future use

Reserves

Any item from the human or physical environments which people find useful in satisfying their needs

Resource

the ability of humans to use resources to satisfy present needs without affecting the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs e.g sustainable forestry, fishing restrictions.

Sustained environment

The illustration of the distribution of a particular aspect e.g annual rainfall, location of bush fires in Summer 2014, availability of fresh water world wide.

Thematic maps

To change something

Transform

the naturally made features of our environment e.g landforms , soil, water

biophysical environment

a renewable resource that will always be available e.g the energy of the sun.

continuous resource

our surroundings, both the living and non-living features of the Earth's surface and atmosphere and the man-made or altered features e.g city, forest.

environment

the study of the characteristics of the places that make up our world

geography

environments altered and used by humans while maintaining a large proportion of the natural landscape e.g a farm, a plantation

managed environment

a resource that replenishes itself if used sustainably e.g fresh water, forests, fish

renewable resource