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100

This city in Australia is famous for its iconic street art laneways, historic trams, and coffee culture.

Melbourne

100

Which Australian town experienced a severe flood in 2022? Hint: you created flood preparedness brochures for this place.

Lismore

100

Provide an example of a primary source from ancient Australia

  • oral traditions
  • rock paintings and traditional works of art
  • artefacts
  • archaeological evidence 
100

Name a hydrological hazard

  • River flood
  • Flash flood
  • Rain bomb
  • Coastal surge
  • Mudslides
  • Ice jams
  • Limestone sinkholes
  • Tsunami
100

This is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more than 30% of the planet's surface.

Pacific Ocean

200

a negative condition or circumstance that drives people to leave their home, region, or country

push factor

200

This repeating, natural process moves water continuously between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere.


the water cycle

200

A curved, flat wooden tool that can be thrown to fly in a circle and may return to the thrower.

Boomerang

200

Geographers construct these visual models using geospatial technologies to display locations and data patterns visually.

Maps

200

This hot, liquid rock is called magma when it's under the Earth's surface, but gets this name once it erupts from a volcano.

Lava

300

a positive condition or quality that attracts people to move to a new location

pull factor


300

What word describes the process of a liquid turning into a gas?

evaporation

300

What were megafauna?

Megafauna are giant land animals that were significantly larger (usually at least 30% bigger) than their modern-day relatives

300

What is the Woiwurrung name for the Yarra River?

Birrarung 

300

This superhero, whose alter ego is Peter Parker, first gained his powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.

Spiderman 

400

Define the term demographic

a specific group of people within a population categorised by shared traits like age, gender, or income

400

Name four uses of water in daily life

  • Cooking 
  • Drinking
  • Hygiene & Health
  • Manufacturing 
  • Food Production 
  • Energy
  • Environmental Management 
  • Leisure & Lifestyle
400

Where did the Yalukut Weelam people traditionally live?

Near Port Melbourne, by the coastline of Port Phillip Bay, as well as the mouth of the Yarra River 

400

What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?

primary sources are original, firsthand records created at the time of an event, while secondary sources are written later to analyse, interpret, or summarise those original records

400

Spanning across South America, this is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

Amazon Rainforest

500

List 5 factors of liveability

safety/security, housing affordability and quality, infrastructure, transport, health and community services, natural environment/green spaces, economic opportunities, social cohesion

500

What is a renewable resource?

Renewable resources will replenish themselves naturally over time if they are managed and not used too quickly.  E.g. trees

500
List five things Country may represent/be inclusive of for First Nations people

people, learning, responsibility, songs, ceremony, ancestors, food, law, language, dances, culture, the future, the past, stories, community, sacred places, medicine law, place, other living beings

500

What does the acronym BOLTSS stand for?

Border

Orientation

Legend

Title

Scale

Source

500

Located in Italy, this ancient Roman amphitheater was used for gladiator contests and public spectacles.

The Colosseum