Biomes
Tropical rainforest biome
What is Urbanisation?
The movement of people from rural to urban
What is the ABS?
Australian Bureau of Statistics
How many digits in Grid Reference?
6
What is the capital city of North Korea
Pyongyang
What is a biome? HINT: L CAPS
A large area on the Earth's surface charaterised by similar Climate, Animals, Plants, Soil
List 3 causes of urbanisation?
natural increase, internal migration, access to education, employment, push and pull factors, international migration, access to services
What is interstate migration?
When people move from their current state of residence to another state
Where is the Prime Meridian located?
The Prime Meridian is located in Greenwich, London, UK.
What is the name of the most streamed video on youtube
Baby Shark
Name 2 human alterations to the physical characteristics of biomes
TWO of either: agriculture, irrigation, land terracing, mining, vegetation removal
access to bodies of water, climate and topography, transport networks, perceptions of liveability
List 3 push factors
war, crop failure, extreme weather, lower standard of living, unemployment etc
What are the names of the 3 main oceans of the world?
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
What is the name of the minions?
Kevin, Stuart, Bob
What type of biome is Central Australia?
Desert biome
What is the general global trend in urbanisation? Include an exception to this trend.
An answer along the lines of: Approximately half of the global population live in cities in 2020 and only 20% live in rural areas. The world has become significantly more urbansied since 1950 across all inhabited continents. Some countries are still rural such as Cambodia and pacific islands such as Samoa, Tonga etc
Which Australian state receives the greatest number of internal migrants?
Queensland
What does BOLTS stand for and what is it used for?
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale. BOLTS is used to read maps.
Which country's national flag is not a rectangle?
Nepal
Which continent has all major biomes? HINT Navajo, Inuit
North America - including the countries of Canada and Mexico
List 8 mostly urbanised countries and 2 non-urbanised countries
Any 8 of the following: Kuwait, Monaco, Singapore, Hong Kong, Belgium, UAE, Australia, Iceland, Netherlands, Argentina, Jordan, Sweden, Oman, Chile, China, Brazil, Indonesia, New Zealand (amongst others)
Any 2 of the following for non-urban: Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Malawi, South Sudan, Nepal, Ethopia, Micronesia,
Which state experiences the highest internal migration loss?
NSW
What is a synoptic chart? What are 3 things you can expect to see on a synoptic chart?
A record of weather conditions being experienced across part of the earth's surface at any given point in time.
+ ANY 3 of the following: Isobars, Rainfall, Low Pressure system, Isobar spacing, Wind indicators, High Pressure system, Cold Front
Which African countries have never been colonised? HINT: There are two
Ethiopia and Liberia