Environmental Change & Management
What is the main cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest?
Agriculture
What is the term for the average number of years a person is expected to live?
Life Expectancy
What is the term for a map that shows physical features of an area?
Topographic map
Capital city of Japan
Tokyo
What is the name of the 7 limestone rocks standing off the ocean shore in Victoria
The Seven Apostles
What is the name of the largest ecosystem off the east coast of Queensland
The Great Barrier Reef
Name a financial indicator used to measure human wellbeing
What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
Capital city of China
Beijing
What is Australia's longest river?
The Murray River
What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat?
Biodiversity
Name the Happiest country in the world as of 2026
Finland
What is the term used to describe the difference between contour lines?
Contour Interval
Capital city of Canada
Ottawa
What is the largest desert in the world?
The Sahara Desert
How does deforestation contribute to global warming
The cutting down of trees leads to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, trapping more heat
What is the name of the psychological theory created by Maslow in 1943
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
What is the term for the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points in an area?
Local Relief
Capital city of Turkey
Ankara
What is the deepest ocean trench in the world?
Mariana Trench
What is the name of the of the algae that lives in coral and gives coral its colour
Zooxanthellae
What are the 3 indicators that make up the HDI?
Life Expectancy, Education, and Gross National Income per capita
What is the term for the shape obtained when a plane cuts through a three-dimensional solid?
Cross section
Capital city of Argentina
Buenos Aires
What is the name of the natural light display that occurs in Australia?
Aurora Australis