Chapter 2 Key Term Quiz

A Global Context
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When water is too warm coral will eject the algae in their tissues making them turn white. It is a sign of stress and an indicator of poor health and even the death of the coral.

The zone between protected wild land and land being developed.

The ability to meet the needs of the present without destroying the needs of the future.

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

Occurs when birth rates fall to a point that requires less investment in the very young, but before more investment is required on the elderly, and results in the relative and absolute increase of younger, more productive workers.

A logarithmic scale that measure seismic disturbances from 1 to 10.

A term describing how material becomes a resource when it is valued and traded, has a price equivalent, and it enters the arena of things bought and sold.

A storm arising over warm sea water that produces heavy rainfall and punishing winds The terms 'hurricane' and 'cyclone' are also used.

An indicator used to describe and measure the number of distinct plant and animal species in a given geographical area.

The process by which improvements in transport make it quicker to cover the same distance and thus bring places closer together.

Storms that develop over warm seas and ocean and then move across the surface of the globe that can generate high winds, tidal surges and heavy rain.

A scientific organization established by the United Nations to provide objective information on climate change and its possible impacts

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