What is 'terroir'?
A term which refers to a vineyard's whole growing environment. Comprised of soil, climate (temperature & rainfall), topography (aspect, slope & altitude).
Name ONE megacity located in Africa.
Cairo, Lagos
Define an ecosystem.
All the biotic (living) and abiotic (no living) elements and their interactions.
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic Information System
What do we do during Period 0s?
SKills! / Practice Papers
Name an enterprise.
Drayton's Winery
Name the three (3) dominant and two (2) major world cities.
Dominant: New York, London, Tokyo
Major: Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Zurich, Osaka, Singapore, Sao Paulo
Identify 3 human induced changes to the nutrient cycle.
Rainforest clearing, removal of crops and animals for use, salinity, water storage, soil erosion, eutrophication, air pollution, chemical spills.
What is an anemometer used for?
Measuring wind direction and speed
What type of agricultural activity occurs in the Minnamurra Rainforest?
Dairy!
Provide 3 social impact of the viticulture industry.
Employment
Increasingly globalised industry → more profits
‘Beliefs’ around health benefits of wine
Labour exploitation
‘Westernisation’/homogenised landscapes
Excessive and underage drinking
Briefly outline the nature of informal economies.
Occur in shanty towns/megacities shoes polishers, workshops, beggars, barbers prostitutes, street vendors- occurs because of little formal employment available many people come from rural areas where they have little education don't pay taxes govt will often turn a blind eye because keeping many people above poverty line.
Identify the four causes of ecosystem vulnerability
Location, extent, biodiversity and linkages
What date and time is the Geography HSC exam?
Wednesday 1st November, 9:25am-12:30pm
What geo equipment is required for the HSC exam?
STRING!
Protractor
Ruler
Highlighter
Pen/Pencil
Calculator
Brain
What are the location factors?
Biophysical
Economic
Ecological
Political
Organisational
Technological
Socio-cultural
Name all urban dynamics and define them.
Consolidation - dense population
Suburbanisation - urban spraw
Exurbanisation - rich moving away but keeping ties
Counter urbanisation - cutting all ties
Urban village - enclaves of demographic groups eg:Chinatown
Urban renewal - gentrification Urban decay - decay of urban areas
Decentralisation - moving services to regional centres
Spatial exclusion - gated communities
Draw a food chain and a food web.
Food chain - 1 interaction eg: bug eaten by fish eaten by bird eaten by crocodile Food web - intricate multiple chains eg: fox eats rabbits, squirrels, mice etc which are also. Eaten by hawks
How long would it take to travel 45km at a speed of 90km/hour?
Speed= distance/time.
90km/hr = 45km / time
Time = 45/90.
Time=1/2 hour = 30mins
Name all the humans in the classroom
Class list
What is phylloxera?
A vine louse that attacks the roots of grape vines and devastated vineyards worldwide in the late 1800's.
Give four (4) examples of New York's cultural authority.
Museum Mile Centre for TV and film production Musical history Exclusive shopping Major tourist attraction Centre of architecture- eg Empire State Building
What are the four (4) contemporary approaches to ecosystem management?
Preservation, conservation, utilisation, exploitation
If a cross section has a vertical scale of 1cm=100m and the horizontal distance is 15cm on a map with a scale of 1:50 000. What is the vertical exaggeration?
VE = horizontal scale / vertical scale
VE = 7500 / 100
VE = 75
Ms Zhang loves a good acronym. List as many as you remember, Double points for the group who can list them all and assign them to the topic.
BELL
BEESTOP
ELAPSE
HUMIN
ADELE