Landforms
Name three different landforms.
Mountains, valleys, deserts, grasslands, buttes, hills, plateau, isthmus, etc.
Name three different landscapes.
Coastal, Mountain, Plain,
What are the three different types of slow-paced geomorphological changes?
Erosion, Deposition, Weathering.
What Australian capital city has the Indigenous name 'Nipaluna'?
Hobart
According to a survey, most Americans bite off what part of a chocolate bunny first?
The ears.
What is an isthmus?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas.
Australia is the world's flattest continent - true or false?
True.
What are three different fast-paced geomorphological changes?
Earthquake, tsunami, volcano eruption, landslide, etc.
Which of the following is most synonymous with 'holocene'?
A) The current geological period
B) The flora covering a pond or lake
C) The suspicion of being watched
A) The current geological period
The first Easter eggs were dyed what colour?
Red
What mountain range stretches from Melbourne to Cape York?
The Great Dividing Range
What are the two different categories of geomorphological changes?
Chemical and Physical.
How many hemispheres is the world divided into?
4
The Sunday before Easter is called what?
Palm Sunday
What canyon was made by the Colorado River?
The Grand Canyon.
What Australian landscape is the largest organic construction in the world?
The Great Barrier Reef.
What are four different agents of physical weathering?
Wind, water, ice, waves.
How many recognised countries are there in the world? (Take a guess and closest number gets the points).
195
What is the traditional Easter mascot in Australia?
Bilby
Where is the tallest mountain located in the world?
Mount Everest - part of the Himalaya mountain range (between Nepal and Tibet).
How many beaches are there in Australia?
A) over 100
B) over 1000
C) over 10,000
D) over 100,000
C) over 10,000
What is both a tennis term and means a crack in the Earth's surface?
Fault
Three countries are landlocked by just one country. Name one of these three countries.
Lesotho, San Marino, Vatican City
In what country did the tradition of the Easter bunny originate?
Germany