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100

What is a strong wind that results in a vortex?

A tornado.


100

What is the name of the liveability criteria that deals with buildings?

Infrastructure.

100

What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Mount Everest. 

100

What is the name of one half of a sphere or globe?

A hemisphere

100

Name the 7 continents.

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

200

What is an extreme wind event involving snow?

A blizzard.

200

What is the name of the liveability criteria that deals with doctors and hospitals?

Healthcare

200

The term used for any natural feature of the earth’s surface. 

Landforms.

200

What is the tool that indicates directions on a map.

A compass

200

What country grows by 5cm each year?

Iceland.

300

What natural disaster leads to an extreme lack of water in an area?

A drought.

300

What is the name of the liveability criteria that deals with pollution, animals and plants?

Environment

300

What is the term used for all visible features of an area of land often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal. 

Landscapes.

300

Which direction do the lines of latitude run, and which direction do the lines of longitude run?

Latitude run East-West.

Longitude run North-South.

300

What is the name of the longest River in Australia?

The Murray River. 

400

A period of abnormally high temperatures over a period of more than two days.

A heatwave.

400

What is the most liveable city in the world?

Vienna.

400

Identify a famous landform in Australia.

Uluru (NT), the Three Sisters (NSW), the Twelve Apostles (VIC).

400

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs around the centre of the Earth?

The Equator

400

What causes an earthquake?

Tectonic plates colliding/hitting each other.


500

What was the most dangerous earthquake in Australian history?

The Tasman sea earthquake.

500

What is the name of the liveability criteria that deals with schools, students and learning?

Education

500

What is geomorphology?

The study of landforms and how they are shaped.

500

Which is the correct format for writing the latitude and longitude of a location?

60°N, 100°W OR 100°W, 60°N

60°N, 100°W 

(coordinates for longitude are written first; coordinates for latitude are written second).

500

In what year was the most recent tornado in Australia?

2024 - Western Australia last month.

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