Natural Disasters
A landslide is what kind of hazard?
A) Hydrological
B) Biological
C) Atmopsheric
D) Geological
D) Geological
Arnhem Land is in:
a) SA
b) NSW
c) QLD
d) NT
d) NT
Vienna is the capital of:
A) Switzerland
B) Austria
C) Hungary
D) Poland
B) Austria
Name 5 of the BOLTSS features of a map.
Border
Orientation
Legend
Title
Source
Scale
Which of the following is the most eaten meat in the world?
A) Seafood
B) Beef
C) Pork
D) Lamb
C) Pork
Name four of the top five causes of bushfires in Australia
1) Lightning
2) Arson
3) Agricultural burns
4) Campfires
5) Cigarettes
What is Australia's SECOND largest state (by area)?
QLD
To the nearest billion, how large is the world’s population?
8 (~7.9 billion)
What are the three ways to express scale?
Words
Ratio
Line
Which musician's albums are named after mathematical symbols?
Ed Sheeran
What word describes a volcano which has not erupted for a long time but could erupt again in the future
Dormant
What is Australia's eastern-most point?
Byron Bay
What African country has the largest population?
Nigeria (201 million)
Imagine you are travelling in a south-west direction. You turn 90 degrees right. Which direction are you travelling?
NW
Which is oldest: Amazon, Netflix or YouTube?
Amazon (1994), followed by Netflix (1997) and Youtube (2005)
What was the name of the cyclone which hit Queensland in 2011?
Yasi
Where would you go for a selfie with a 'quokka'?
Rottnest Island / WA
What country has the longest coastline in the world?
Canada
SPELL the name of the type of map uses colour shading to show different themes or features?
Choropleth
What is New Zealand's emergency number equivalent of 000?
111
The loudest sound ever recorded was from a volcanic eruption in 1883 in near Indonesia. What was the name of this volcano?
Mt Krakatoa
Hobart is built on which river?
A) Murray River
B) Swan River
C) Derwent River
D) Yarra River
C) Derwent River
Name six countries that start with the letter T.
Turkey, Thailand, Tanzania, Tunisia, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu
Express the scale 1:500,000 in words
1 cm represents 5km
What food item is the Spanish word for 'little golden things'?
Doritos