What is a horizontal line showing location on a map?
100
Moisture falling from the sky, including rain, hail, snow, sleet and dew.
What is precipitation?
100
A major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region's physical natural environment, latitude, elevation, and terrain.
What is a biome?
100
The word that comes from the Greek words gê ("Earth") and graphein ("to write"). It means "to write about the Earth".
What is Geography?
100
Australia's capital city
What is Canberra?
200
The Equator
What is zero degrees of latitude?
200
A mass of cold air that moves in under relatively warm air
What is a cold front?
200
An area of land that is temporarily or permanently covered in water to a depth of less than five metres.
What is a wetland?
200
The branch of Geography that focusses upon the built environment, roads, buildings, urban areas, etcetera.
What is Human Geography?
200
The capital of Western Australia.
What is Perth?
300
The line based upon 180 degrees of longitude?
What is The International Date Line?
300
Clockwise and inwards
What is the direction of air movement in a low pressure system in the Southern Hemisphere?
300
An area of land that has soil which is frozen throughout the year.
What is Permafrost?
300
The branch of Geography that focusses upon rivers, streams, mountains, biomes, etcetera.
What is Physical/Natural Geography?
300
Australia's second largest state.
What is Queensland?
400
A line on a map located at 23.5 degrees South.
What is The Tropic of Capricorn?
400
Clear skies, light winds and a high diurnal temperature range
What is weather typical of a high pressure system?
400
A collection of many pine trees.
What is a coniferous forest?
400
Maps that show human and physical features, land use and elevation using contour lines.
What are topographic maps?
400
The largest country (area) on Earth.
What is Russia?
500
The line on a map at 66.3 degrees South.
What is The Antarctic Circle?
500
The force that cause air masses to swirl away from the Equator.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
An area of land covered in thick vegetation with rich biodiversity, emergents, a canopy, an understory and a ground layer.
What is a tropical rainforest?
500
A way of showing large areas of the Earth's surface on a piece of paper or screen.