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100

What is the difference between magma and lava?

Magma is molten rock that is underground and lava is molten rock that breaks through the Earth's surface.

100

Spell the smallest country in the world

Vatican City

100

Which country's president died in the helicopter crash this year? 

Iran

100

What is the line of 0 degrees longitude called?

Prime Meridian/Greenwich Meridian

100
How many member states are there in the UN

193

200

What is oxidation (in terms of weathering)?

Minerals react with oxygen to form oxides or hydroxides. Iron is the most common element in the process. Rock then appears to be rusting, as the surface decays.

200

Spell the largest country in Africa

Algeria

200

Which European country joined NATO March this year?

Sweden

200

In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle located?

Atlantic Ocean

200

What is SDG 13?

Responsible consumption and production

300

Which type of volcanoes is formed at subduction zones?  

Composite Volcanoes

300

Spell this country beginning with O

Oman

300

Name 3 countries that Putin has visited this year.

China, Vietnam, North Korea, Belarus, Uzbekistan

300

Which country is made up of 7,000 islands?

The Philippines

300

What are the 3 main ways that the NGO aid is used?

  • Humanitarian relief work in response to major disasters – providing emergency food, water and shelter

  • Long-term community development work to empower poor communities to find solutions to problems

  • Advocacy and education work to influence business and government policy affecting the poor

400

Explain how oceanic trenches are formed 

Trenches are formed by subduction, a geophysical process in which two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge and the older, denser plate is pushed beneath the lighter plate and deep into the mantle, causing the seafloor and outermost crust (the lithosphere) to bend and form a steep, V-shaped depression

400

Spell two country beginning with V

  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
400
Name 2 cities that will be underwater by 2030

1. Amsterdam, the Netherlands  2. Basra, Iraq · 3. New Orleans, USA · 4. Venice, Italy · 5. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 6. Kolkata, India 7. Bangkok, Thailand 8. Georgetown, Guyana 9. Savannah, USA 10. Khulna, Bangladesh 11. Nagoya, Japan 12. Malé, Maldives 13. Dandong, China 14. Banjarmasin, Indonesia 15. Port Said, Egypt

400

How many time zones are there in Russia?

11

400

When was Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed?

1948

500

What happens during a negative IOD phase to Australia's weather patterns?

Westerly winds intensify, warmer water concentrate near Australia which brings more precipitation

500

Spell the capital of Iceland

Reykjavik

500

A massive in which of Australia's neighbouring countries has killed 670 lives?

Papua New Guinea

500

What is highest mountain from the sea floor?

Mauna Kea volcano

500

Where does the majority of Australia's foreign aid go?

East Asia and the Pacific