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What are the characteristics of settlements?
Settlements come in all different shapes, sizes and locations. The function of a settlement can be identified by looking at its shape, size, site and situation.
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What is a settlement?
What do we mean by site and situation of a settlement?
What are the functions of a settlement?
What is a settlement hierarchy?
What is a settlement?
A settlement is a place where people live. A settlement could be anything from an isolated farmhouse to a mega city (settlement with over 10 million people).
Settlements can either be temporary or permanent. Temporary settlements include things such as refugee camps.
Recreational - fun, non-essentials like parks.Transport - roads, railways, and airports.Agricultural - farmland.Residential - housing.Commercial - businesses and factories.
<span>Spain and Portugal are a peninsula, so trade and exploration wouldn't be difficult.</span>
Answer:
An object’s MASS will remain constant throughout the universe, but its WEIGHT can change from planet to planet.
If you increase the mass of a planet, what happens to its gravity? STRENGTH OF GRAVITY INCREASES
If the gravity on a planet decreases, what happens to the weight of an object on that planet? WEIGHT DECREASES
Explanation:
The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.
