SKILLS
What are cardinal directions?
For a bonus 50 points, what are inter-cardinal directions?
Cardinal: North, South, East, West
Inter-cardinal: North East, North West, South East, South West
What is a landscape?
A landscape is an area of land that we can see. Landscapes can be:
●natural
●changed by people
What is a landform?
A natural feature on the Earth's surface.
What does it mean to manage a landscape?
To use strategies to protect, maintain or care for a landscape.
What is a geomorphic process?
A natural or chemical action that shapes or modifies structures on the Earths surface (landforms).
What does a map scale tell us?
The relationship between a distance on a map and the actual distance on the ground.
Name two different types of landscapes found in Australia.
Any two: karst, desert, rainforest, aquatic/coastal, mountain, etc.
Name two landforms found in Australia
Mountains, river, valley, estuaries, plateaus etc.
Name two human activities that can damage a landscape.
Tourism, mining, farming, industrial pollution, urban development, fishing, logging etc.
What are the four geomorphic processes?
Weathering, erosion, deposition and tectonic plates
Part One: How many numbers are in an area reference and in a grid reference?
Part Two: When writing these, what letters must come before the numbers?
Part One: 4 and 6
Part Two: AR & GR
Which type of landscape is Uluru found in?
Desert
If you were given a topographic map of Uluru, would your contour lines be close together or more spaced out? Why?
Near the top, the lines would become more spaced out but closer together around the steep sides
What is one way people can protect a landscape from too many tourists?
Limit visitor numbers, create walking tracks, restrict access to sensitive areas, educate visitors.
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering breaks down rock in situ (in one place) whereas erosion moves the sediment from one place to another.
A map has a scale of 1:100,000. What does 1 cm on the map represent in real life?
1 kilometre.
What type of landscape is created when limestone is dissolved by water underground?
Karst
What landform is best described as freshwater from rivers and streams mixing with salt water from the ocean
Estuary
How can Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' knowledge contribute to managing Australian landscapes?
Through Traditional Ecological Knowledge and practices such as cultural burning, knowledge of seasons, plants, animals and caring for Country.
What are the four layers of the earth?
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
What type of map would be most useful for showing the height and shape of land?
A topographic map.
Explain how a mountain can be formed.
Convergent plate boundaries
Part A: What are the four values in geography?
Part B: Explain theses four values for a landform of your choice.
Part A: Aesthetic, Cultural, Spiritual, Economic
Part B: Teacher discretion to award points based on the answer given :)
A popular landscape (your choice) is being damaged by tourism. Name the landscape and suggest TWO management strategies that could reduce the damage.
Any two appropriate strategies with a clear explanation of how they reduce the impact.
Using Oreos, demonstrate convergent, divergent, transform and subduction plate boundaries.
Teacher discretion