Physical Geography
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is molten rock that is underground and lava is molten rock that breaks through the Earth's surface.
Spell this country beginning with C
Colombia
Where did a mass movement event occur near Sydney recently?
Landslide in Blue Mountains
What is the line of 0 degrees longitude called?
Prime Meridian/Greenwich Meridian
What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee?
An asylum seeker is a person looking for protection because they fear persecution, or they have experienced violence or human rights violations. A refugee is a person who asked for protection and was given refugee status.
What is oxidation (in terms of weathering)?
Minerals react with oxygen to form oxides or hydroxides. Iron is the most common element in the process. Rock then appears to be rusting, as the .surface decays,
Spell this country beginning with P
Paraguay
What Australian city was hit by a flood disaster last week?
Lismore
What is Earth's largest continent?
Asia
To the nearest billion, how large is the world's population?
8 billion
Name an example of scarification
e.g. mining, construction
Spell this country beginning with K
Kyrgyzstan
What country has Australia just signed a trade deal with to reduce dependence on China?
India
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What does HDI stand for?
Human Development Index
In what month this year are we expected to return to a neutral ENSO phase?
May
Spell this country beginning with L
Liechtenstein
Which Pacific nation has just signed a security deal with China, meaning that Chinese military personnel and equipment could be stationed in the Pacific?
Solomon Islands
Mount Vesuvius overlooks which present-day Italian city?
Naples
What does GNI stand for?
Gross National Income
What temperature is the inner core thought to reach up to (to the closest thousand)?
10000 degrees Celsius
Spell the capital of Iceland
Reykjavik
What country is Russia thought to be invading next?
Moldova
Dracula famously lived in the historical region of Transylvania - but in what country would you now find his castle?
Romania
What are more politically correct ways of saying 'First World', 'Second World' and 'Third World' countries?
E.g. developing/developed, low/middle/high income,