Geo skills
Which direction do latitude and longitude go?
Latitude = horizontal
Longitude = Vertical
Name 2 of the 4 spheres
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
Name ONE measure of wellbeing conducted by a large organisation.
e.g. The Happiness Index, the HDI, etc.
There is only one country in the world that starts with O. What is it?
Oman.
What's the difference between Climate and Weather?
Weather refers to short-term changes (e.g. day to day).
Climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area.
Name the 4S functions
Source
Sink
Service
Spiritual
Which state or territory of Australia has the lowest life expectancy?
NT
The Louis Theroux documentary we watched was based in which South African city?
Johannesburg
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What is a Chloropleth map?
Maps where data is shown through colour-coding.
(e.g. darker shades of that colour = higher levels of whatever is being measured).
Give one example of Land Degradation.
e.g. erosion, soil acidity, salinity, etc.
How far is Castle Hill from the Sydney CBD?
30km (by road)
24km (straight line distance)
What was the main issue that the private security firms in the documentary were trying to combat?
Building hijacking
Which is the largest ocean in thew world?
The Pacific Ocean
What does the 'aspect' on a map tell you?
What direction a slope is facing.
Name 4 of the 12 enivronments we studied.
Rainforest, tundra, ocean, desert, etc.
What is the average annual income in Australia?
(plus or minus $5,000)
AU$69,888 per year
(according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, August 2022).
What percentage of people in South Africa ARE employed? (plus or minus 5%)
about 39% of people aged 15 to 64 in South Africa have a paid job
(according to the OECD Better LifeIndex)
According to the Bureau of Statistics, life expectancy at birth was highest for males in Sydney in __________ Hills and Hawkesbury (85.6 years)
Baulkham Hills
What are the 4 approaches to environmental management? (hint: they all end in -ation)
•Preservation
•Conservation
•Utilisation
•Exploitation
In what year was the BP oil rig disaster? (deepwater horizon)
2010
Australia's HDI was in the top 10 in the world this year. What was our rank?
5th place.
What are the 8 areas of wellbeing indicators?
health
education
relationships
environment
income
work and personal activities
political voice and governance
security
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Canada