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  • Blue Water
    Water stored in lakes and rivers
  • Having a system of government where people have a say in the running of their own country and elect their leaders
    Democratic
  • A map has a scale of 1:100,000. What map size would be 2 times smaller?
    1:200,000
  • An area mainly consisting of shops, healthcare etc
    Commercial
  • H20(g)
    Water Vapour
  • What are the two variables used in a population pyramid
    Age & Gender
  • Name 3 green house gases
    Methane, water vapour, CO2
  • Which direction are you heading if you are moving towards 30 degrees
    ENE
  • Why should we be eating more insect products
    Less water, land, transport, more nutritional.
  • Why is coal not a renewable resource?
    Does not renew within a a human life time.
  • A City is deemed to be a mega city when..
    Its population is over 10M
  • Name 4 renewable energy sources
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  • Explain with examples "forced Migration"
    Forced out of country of origin due to War, famine etc
  • Name three countries starting with F
    France, Finland, Fiji
  • Is the Earth's albedo increasing or decreasing? Explain why.
    Decreasing <>
  • What is a carbon tax
    Incentive to switch to renewable energy for businesses.
  • What are two reasons the DTM may not be correlated with certain countries
    Western Model, does not include migration
  • Geography is...
    The study of the Earth & the people living on it
  • Rain
    Precipitation
  • The word that relates to Europe & Asia
    Eurasian
  • What line of latitude separates the northern and southern hemispheres?
    Equator
  • Satallite Imagery on a map gives you a clearer picture of?
    Land use, vegetation, infrastructure etc
  • What is GNI?
    Gross National Income
  • Explain Bipolar Analysis
    To measure the environmental, residential quality and perception variables.
  • Two properties of rock essential for the formation of aquifers
    Porosity & Permeability
  • A compass Needle will always point
    Magnetic North
  • IPCC
    International Panel on Climate Change
  • A person who leaves a country to live permanently elsewhere
    Emigrant
  • An area mainly consisting of workshops, factories, warehouses and etc
    Industrial
  • Explain with examples "Voluntary Migration"
    Leaving country of origin voluntarily for work, education, family etc
  • Explain the difference between a democratic and communist leadership
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  • An area of land any size that has at least one common characteristic
    Region
  • A device that measures the beach incline in degrees from one point to another.
    Clinometer
  • What is Geology
    The study of the Earths structure.
  • Why are goverments planting trees in urban areas
    To reduce heat islands and by extension use of climate control.
  • What is an Atlas
    A book full of maps
  • A person who has come from another country to live
    Immigrant
  • The hydrological (water) cycle is a open or closed system
    Closed System
  • What is this diagram showing?
    Acid Rain
  • Name a country in the Northern Hemisphere
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  • What is this?
    Compass Rose
  • Managing projects aimed at conserving the environment
    Environmental management
  • Explain carbon capture
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  • A map has a scale of 1:100,000. What map size would be 2 times larger?
    1:50,000
  • Climate or Weather: At this time of year Adelaide usually experiences hot and wet weather.
    Climate
  • A group of people that live in a specific area and feel connected
    Community
  • Name a country in central America other than Mexico
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  • What does GPS stand for?
    Global Positioning System
  • Explain a transect line
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  • What does the acronym GIS stand for?
    Global Information Systems
  • What is this?
    Demographic Transition Model
  • Explain the difference between a mud map and a scaled map
    Scaled v rough drawing
  • Name two possible scenarios where natural decrease would be occurring within a country.
    War/Famine
  • Name a country in Asia
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  • practical work conducted by a researcher in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.
    Fieldwork
  • CO2
    Carbon Dioxide
  • Explain Migration
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  • Which part of Australia would be experiencing the highest temperatures
    East coast
  • What is an aging population?
    More elderly, working age must pay more for welfare.
  • Explain the difference between weathering & Erosion
    Breakdown v breakdown & removal
  • Name three environmental impacts of the globe warming
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  • What is depopulation
    People leaving an area.
  • Name a 1 Global Goal
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  • CH4
    Methane
  • Which direction would you travel from Alice springs to Melbourne
    SE
  • What is meant by anthropogenic causes.
    Caused by humans
  • How are oxbow lakes formed?
    As erosion continues on the outside bends of the meanders, they can become closer and eventually be broken through resulting in the creation of a straight chann
  • Climate or Weather: On Monday night a southerly change arrived about 10:30pm
    Weather
  • Land that has less than 250mm rainfall per year
    Desert
  • What is the mineral mined to produce Aluminium
    Bauxite
  • Explain why scientist now use the term climate change instead of the original term, global warming.
    Some places on Earth are cooling, the Earth on average is warming.
  • The red colour on a flag often symbolises...
    blood & revolution
  • Carbon dioxide has increased in the atmosphere exponetionally since which time period.
    Industrial Revolution - 1760 to 1840
  • Northings
    The horizontal lines running left to right and divide the map from north to south.
  • What is long shore drift?
    the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it.
  • Describe the main land use
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  • How has the cartographer made it clear what territory belongs to which country
    Different colours
  • A natural feature of the land like hills valleys etc
    Landforms
  • Explain microclimates
    Different land surfaces, shade, temperature changes etc <>
  • Explains what the colours and symbols on a map represent
    Key or Legend
  • A person. Who has moved to a different country to live.
    Migrant
  • What is responsible for the current mass extinction event happening in Australia
    Cats
  • What natural disaster could reverse global warming in the short term?
    Volcanic Eruption
  • Explain Biodiversity
    # of organisms within an ecosystem
  • What is hydraulic action?
    The force of the water breaks rock particles away from the river channel
  • What is a Meteorologist
    A scientist of the atmosphere, especially relating to weather.
  • What flood events are caused by humans
    Building infrastructure on flood plains/Dam failure.
  • A person who makes maps is called
    a cartographer
  • Explain microplastics, the sources and effects on humans
    Clothing, plastic products, into fish into the human body as hormones
  • Which part of Australia is experiencing the strongest winds
    SW
  • When useful land on the edge of a desert becomes unusable
    Desertification
  • Goods produced in one country and sold in another
    Exports
  • What is a tributary?
    a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
  • Orientation
    Direction
  • What is this?
    The Geographical Concept Wheel
  • Name the four global spheres
    Lithosphere (geo), Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere
  • Why is it important that maps are to scale
    <>
  • Name at least three factors that contribute to higher liveability standards.
    Access to public services, Proximity to work, school, shops & healthcare, parks etc
  • A Person who tries to ensure the preservation of animals and plants
    Conservationist
  • Name the three trophic levels
    Decomposers, Producers, Consumers
  • Tree's, bushes, grasses
    Vegetation
  • Name a country in Africa
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  • Goods and services brought into the country
    Imports
  • Name a country in South East Asia
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  • What is natural increase
    Births are greater than deaths
  • Where would you normally find a scale, legend, compass rose and coordinates
    a Map
  • A plant or animal that grows naturally in an area
    Native
  • Explain Ex-situ and In-situ
    Out of place v in place
  • Latitude
    the lines on Earth that run East-West
  • Name four natural disasters?
    Earth Quake, Tsunami, Flood, Lightning induces bush fires, landslides, cyclones, meteor impact
  • What scale is 3 times larger than 1:30
    1:10
  • Climate or Weather: Hot and dry conditions, together with strong winds, led to Bushfires near Wagga.
    Weather
  • Name 4 fieldwork techniques
    Photos, notes, sketches, survey, interviews, video, transect line, environmental impact reports etc
  • Explain why renewable resources currently are not carbon neutral?
    Mined using fossil fuels
  • Longitude
    the lines on Earth that run North-South
  • Why is it more difficult to manage water supplies when they are transboundary in nature.
    <>
  • The clearing of all trees in an area
    Deforestation
  • What is one advantage of an omnivore over an herbivore or carnivore?
    Greater range of food sources.
  • What is the process that releases nutrients into the environment for future use?
    Decomposition
  • What does sparsely populated mean?
    Few people living in an area
  • Elevation contour lines to show the shape of the Earth's surface
    Topographic
  • Explain Push and Pull factors
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  • What are 3 strategies for reducing carbon emissions
    Education, renewable energy, advances in technology, carbon capture etc
  • What is the most important line of longitude
    Prime Meridian
  • The increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.
    Urbanisation
  • Name a negative impact on humans from Air Pollution
    Health Issues
  • Facilities used by people, for examples, houses, roads, buildings
    Infrastructure
  • The Earth naturally emits ~400MT of CO2 each year compared to humans emitting 40MT. Why are humans the cause of drastic climate change?
    Earth Emits 400 and absorbs 400, the 40 from humans is excess.
  • Explain cloud seeding
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  • Define the term biocapacity?
    The capacity of a system to produce useful biological materials and to absorb waste material generated by humans.
  • Discuss the impact that voluntary migration can have on the country of origin.
    Brain drain.
  • Measurement of population per unit area
    Population Density
  • The ability of surfaces to reflect sunlight (heat from the sun)
    Albedo Effect
  • Discuss the impact forced migration has on the destination country.
    Refugees, $$$
  • Statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.
    Demographics
  • What is the Ring of Fire?
    An area located along the Pacific Ocean where 80% of the worlds earthquakes and many active volcanoes occur
  • What is a water shed?
    An area that catches rainfall which flows to the same location.
  • How can climate change impact population distribution.
    <>
  • What is natural decrease
    Deaths are greater than births
  • Explain Capitalism
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  • Name a country in South America
    <>
  • Sea levels are rising why?
    Climate change, melting ice caps and permafrost, warmer oceans = expansion
  • Anthropological records indicate that Indigenous Australians have been on land for?
    ~60,000 years
  • Name a country in North America
    <>
  • The condition of being covered by an ice sheet or glaciers
    Glaciation
  • Why are there very few tertiary consumers?
    Only 10% of the energy is transferred to higher trophic levels.
  • Eastings
    The vertical lines running from the top to bottom and divide the map from west to east.
  • Explain Globalisation
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  • What is the name of the most important line of latitude.
    The equator
  • What is TFR
    Total Fertility Rate
  • The number of live births per thousand of population per year.
    Birth Rate
  • If a plant has 80 grams of energy, how much will the next trophic level get?
    8g
  • Name a country in the southern hemisphere
    <>
  • Divide the total national income by the population
    GDP
  • An area mainly consisting of houses, units, apartment's and and detached dwellings
    Residential