Water in the World
Place and Liveability
Mapping Skills
Australian Geography
Mr Willcocks Lore
100

The name for water when it is a Gas

What is Water Vapour

100

This geographic term describes a specific location and the meaning people attach to it.

What is Place

100

List all 4 Cardinal Directions on a Compass

What are North, South, East, West

100

The Capital City of Australia

What is Canberra

100

The number of years that Mr Willcocks has taught at Tyndale Murray Bridge (including this year)

What is 2

200

The 2 things that power the Water Cycle

What is the Sun and Gravity

200

Name 2 reasons why people might choose to live in the Country over a City

What are lower cost of living, more space, quieter lifestyle, closer to nature, or less traffic?

200

The 6-letter acronym used to remember what to include on a map

What is BOLTSS

200

The name of the explorer who mapped Australia for Britain

Who is Captain James Cook

200

Mr Willcocks' Current Age

What is 26

300

An area underground that stores water.

What is an Aquifer

300

When looking at Census data, these 2 terms are used to describe relationships between statistics

What are Positive and Negative Trends

300

The name of a type of map that shows objects present on the Earth's Surface

What is Physical Map (Topographic)

300

The three Australian States that the Murray River flows through

What are New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia

300

The school Mr Willcocks taught at before coming to Murray Bridge

What is Tyndale Salisbury East

400

The percentage of the world's water that is Freshwater

What  is 2%

400

The two terms used to describe. Factual statements and statements that are based on someone's personal opinions

What are Objective and Subjective

400

All of the required Components to write a Grid Reference

What is GR123456

400

Three Countries that Australia shares a Maritime (Ocean) border with

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (France), Vanuatu

400

The Subjects that Mr Willcocks' currently teaches across the School (6)

What are 7 HASS, 8 HASS, 9 HASS, 10 HASS, 8 English, 9 Bible

500

List 6 stages of the water cycle in order

(Start with Oceans)

Ocean, Evaporation, Atmosphere, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff, Infiltration

500

The 5 areas used to measure livability on our class posters

What are: Cultrue, Environment, Economy, Infrastructure, Society

500

The name of three different ways to represent scale on a Map

What is: Representative Fraction, Linear Scale and Written Statement

500

Name all 7 Continents of the World

What are: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania (Australia), Antarctica

500

The names of the Three Cats that appear on Mr Willcocks' Laptop Wallpapers

Who are Banjo, Jupiter and Orion