What is this?
a cliff
Groynes are
narrow structures built at a right angle to the shoreline to protect the beach from coastal erosion and trap sand.
What is this?
a headland
a sea stack
a (coastal) spit
a sand dune
What is this?
a sea stack
Literacy rate is
a percentage of people aged 15 and above who can both read and write
GNI is
the total money earned by a country's people and businesses, no matter where that money is made.
NICs stands for
New Improved COuntries
Newly Industrialised Countries
New Industrial COuntries
Newly Improved Countries
Breakwaters are
structures placed offshore, parallel to the shoreline, to absorb or deflect wave energy.
The Coriolis effect is...
an phenomenon caused by the Earth's rotation that makes long-distance moving objects (eg. wind, ocean currents) curve rather than travel in a straight line.
What is the major difference between MDGs and SDGs?
MDGs focus heavily on social issues in LEDCs. SDGs provide a universal framework addressing economic, social and environmental sustainability for all countries.
The angle of this photograph (the camera angle) is...
aerial (vertical)
oblique
ground level
GNI stands for
Gross National Income
What is this?
a (coastal) sand dune
GDP is
the total market value of all goods and services produced within a country during a specific period
MDGs stands for
Millennium Development Goals
What is this?
a tombolo
A storm surge is...
the abnormal rise in seawater level during a storm.
What is this?
a sea cave
a blowhole
a tombolo
a sea stack
Birth rate is
the total number of live births per 1,000 people in a population over one year
The angle of this photograph (the camera angle) is...
ground level
oblique
aerial (vertical)
What is this?
a blowhole
a sea stack
a dune blowout
a lagoon
Which of the following is a qualitative indicator?
Perceived freedom of speech
Unemployemnt rate
Housing price
What is this?
a sea arch
EEs stands for
Emerging Economies
Emerging Enrichments
Emergency Exits
Emergency Encouragements
HDI stands for
Human Developmental Index
Human Developing Identity
Human Develop Identity
Human Development Index
SDGs stands for
Sustainable Developent Goals
What is this?
a spit
The angle of this photograph (the camera angle) is...
aerial (vertical)
oblique
ground level
How many goals and targets were their in the MDGs?
8 goals, 21 targets
167 targets, 169 targets
17 goals, 169 targets
10 goals, 21 targets
What is 'wellbeing'?
The state of being happy, healthy, or prosperous
What are businesses doing to reduce plastic waste?
encouraging customers to use reusable bags/using recycled ocean plastic for some products/using paper trays and containers/using wooden cutlery etc.
Fertility rate is
the average number of children born to women during their reproductive years (15-44 years old)
What is the similarity between a groyne and a breakwater?
Both are hard engineering coastal structures designed to protect shorelines and manage water and sediment movement
Which of the following is a quantitative indicator?
Ease of access to a facility
Number of female politicians
How satisfied people are with the social services
What is this?
a sea arch
a lagoon
a dune blowout
a headland
GDP stands for
Gross Domestic Product
What is 'micro-plastic'?
Small plastic pieces less than 5 millimeters long
Small plastic pieces less than 50 millimeters long
Small plastic pieces less than 1 millimeters long
Small plastic pieces less than 10 millimeters long
MEDCs stands for
Most Ecomomically Developed Countries
More Environmentally Degraded Countries
More Economically Developed Countries
Most Environmentally Degraded Countries