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 waterfall located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe?
Victoria Falls
What annual event takes place that sustains the Great Bear Rainforest?
The Salmon Run
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
Which organisation publishes the Human Development Index (HDI)?
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
What is the name of the rare white bear found in the Great Bear Rainforest?
Kermode / Spirit Bear
What does HPI stand for?
Happy Planet Index
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 process of restoring degraded land to a more natural state?
Land rehabilitation
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