The loss of forests over extensive areas in pursuit of economic activity

Measurement of the greenhouse gases individuals produce, through burning of fossil fuels.

An agreement in 2015 with 195 countries first legally binding global climate deal.

Amount of activity of the sun can have an effect on the earth’s climate, sunspots can give off more heat and cause a warming of the earth.

A long-term change in the earth’s climate, especially a change due to an increase in average atmospheric temperatures

A method of measuring past climates through the study of ice layers, can extend back 5 million years.

The earth spins on its axis, it can move towards and away from the sun bringing a variation in climatic conditions

A period of time where much of the earth was frozen and glaciers stretched large distances

Using tree rings to measure past climate conditions by measuring the growth patterns of a tree

Changes in the pathway of the Earth around the sun

Technology used to capture carbon from being released into the atmosphere, usually produced in fossil fuel energy production.

The replanting of trees in order to ‘green’ an area, allowing more CO2 to be absorbed.

Describes the wobble the Earth can experience, allows places on earth to experience long days and long nights at certain times of the year.

The amount of volcanic activity on the planet at one time, erupting gas and ash into the atmosphere

A period of time in between the last glaciation period, temperatures are warmer, and glaciers are in retreat.

The process of natural climate change through variations in axial tilt, wobble and orbital geometry

The variety of life in the world or a particular ecosystem

Direct connections between different organisms (plants and animals) that rely upon one another as their source of food

The term biotic refers to what?

An organism that is able to create energy (glucose) from the sun through photosynthesis

A complex hierarchy of plants and animals relying on each other as different food sources

Organisms such as bacteria or fungi that break down dead organic matter

Which ecosystem is located closest to the equator?

Rainforests typically have more than, how much rainfall?

How would you describe the soils of the tropical rainforest?

What is the largest store in the nutrient cycle for tropical rainforests?

Which rainforest layer receives the most sunlight?

If the rainforests were to disappear, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would ____.

Which of the following is the correct definition for GNI?

Which of the following are the correct measurements used to calculate HDI?

If a country is ranked closer to 1 in the HDI this means that...

What does the DTM stand for?

Agriculture jobs are in what sector?

Fill in the blank: The _________ movement is all about farmers getting a fair price for goods produced in LICs

Select two global institutions that loan money to countries

Select all the reasons a microfinance loan might empower a community

What continent is Tunisia in?

What is the climate in Tunisia like?

'Horizontal lines across the Earth that show the distance North or South" is which of the following?

A naturally occurring event that causes significant social, environmental and economic damage is which of the below?

The upper mantle and crust make up the...

From the image, what theory is this showing?

From the image, what theory is this showing?

Which type of crust is less dense, older and warmer?

Which plate boundary is shown in the image?