Year 7 Geography Vocabulary worksheet - Free Printable

Let's solve this geography vocabulary matching exercise step by step.

We are given a list of vocabulary words at the top:

- Place
- Infrastructure
- Environment
- Natural resources
- Rural areas
- Climate
- Liveability
- Geography
- Urban area
- Resource
- Map
- Sustainability
- Water cycle
- Precipitation
- Evaporation

And then there is a table with definitions, and we need to match each definition to the correct vocabulary word from the list above.

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Step-by-step Matching:

1. "How an area is identified and what it means to the people who live there"
→ This refers to Place (a specific location with meaning to its inhabitants).
✔ Place

2. "A simplified plan of an area shown from directly above"
→ This is a Map.
✔ Map

3. "Any moisture reaching the surface of the earth, such as rain, snow, hail or sleet."
→ This is Precipitation.
✔ Precipitation

4. "The long term weather pattern for a place or region"
→ This is Climate.
✔ Climate

5. "The study of the characteristics of the places that make up our world."
→ This is Geography.
✔ Geography

6. "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"
→ This describes the Environment.
✔ Environment

7. "The ability of the Earth to support and keep supporting life"
→ This is Sustainability.
✔ Sustainability

8. "The process where energy from the sun causes water to change into water vapour and rise into the atmosphere"
→ This is Evaporation.
✔ Evaporation

9. "Anything human or natural that people can use to satisfy a need"
→ This is a Resource.
✔ Resource

10. "Refers to the circulation of water between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere and land. It is a closed system."
→ This is the Water cycle.
✔ Water cycle

11. "A measure of what a place is like to live"
→ This is Liveability.
✔ Liveability

12. "The facilities and services necessary for any community"
→ This is Infrastructure.
✔ Infrastructure

13. "A resource that occurs in nature"
→ This is Natural resources.
✔ Natural resources

14. "City and suburban regions"
→ This is Urban area.
✔ Urban area

15. "Countryside or agricultural areas"
→ This is Rural areas.
✔ Rural areas

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Final Answer Table:

| Vocabulary Term | Definition |
|------------------------|----------|
| Place | How an area is identified and what it means to the people who live there |
| Map | A simplified plan of an area shown from directly above |
| Precipitation | Any moisture reaching the surface of the earth, such as rain, snow, hail or sleet. |
| Climate | The long term weather pattern for a place or region |
| Geography | The study of the characteristics of the places that make up our world. |
| Environment | 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 |
| Sustainability | The ability of the Earth to support and keep supporting life |
| Evaporation | The process where energy from the sun causes water to change into water vapour and rise into the atmosphere |
| Resource | Anything human or natural that people can use to satisfy a need |
| Water cycle | Refers to the circulation of water between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere and land. It is a closed system. |
| Liveability | A measure of what a place is like to live |
| Infrastructure | The facilities and services necessary for any community |
| Natural resources | A resource that occurs in nature |
| Urban area | City and suburban regions |
| Rural areas | Countryside or agricultural areas |

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✔ All definitions have been correctly matched to their corresponding vocabulary terms. Let me know if you'd like this formatted as a printable worksheet!