Globalisation
What is the process of increasing connections between countries called?
Globalisation
What is the term for the growth of towns and cities?
Urbanisation
What is the process called when waves wear away the coastline?
Erosion
What is it called when people use more resources than the Earth can replace?
Overconsumption
What imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
What do we call a business that operates in many countries around the world?
Transnational corporation
Urbanisation involves movement from _____ areas to _____ areas
Rural, urban
What is the process called when sand is dropped and builds up on a beach?
Deposition
What do we call clothing that is produced cheaply and designed to be replaced quickly?
Fast fashion
What instrument is used to measure air temperature?
Thermometer
What invention made it much cheaper and faster to transport goods around the world by ship?
Shipping containers
True or false: Australia has a megacity within one of its states
False
What landform is created when a sea cave collapses, leaving an isolated pillar of rock?
Stack
Reuse
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
Which country manufactures more goods than any other country in the world?
China
A megacity has at least how many people?
Ten million
What is the name of the soft engineering strategy where extra sand is added to a beach?
Beach nourishment
What is the term for the number of people living in a given area, usually measured per square kilometre?
Population Distribution
Which continent has the largest land area?
Asia
What is the name for the worldwide network that allows people to communicate and share information instantly?
The Internet
Which Australian city has the largest population?
Sydney
What hard engineering structure is built at right angles to the shore to trap sand moving along the coast?
Groyne
What is the name of the measure that estimates the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to support a person's lifestyle?
Ecological footprint
What is the name of the layer of the Earth on which humans live?
Crust