What does BOLTSS stand for?
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
What are landscapes?
Areas of the land that include landforms
Name the 6 landscapes we learnt? (points for each listed)
Mountain, Riverine, Coastal, Desert, Karst, Human
Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What type of reference is this? 'AR4357'
Area Reference
What type of landscape is hot and has no rainfall?
Name the 4 ways we value landscapes? (points for each)
Cultural, Spiritual, Aesthetic, Economic
3 types of mountains
Fold, Block & Volcanic
What type of map reference is this? 'GR435678'
6 figure grid reference
How are landforms such as mountains formed by the earth?
Through tectonic plates
What is a landform?
A landform is a natural geographic feature or shape that appears on the Earth’s surface.
Define Erosion
(Any correct definition gets points)
Which reference type will provide a more specific location on a map?
Grid Reference
Why doesn't Australia get any big earthquakes?
We are not on a tectonic fault line
Types of Coastal Landscapes? (points for each)
tombolo, spit, sandbar, beach, dunes, cliff, cave, arch, stack, headland (or any correct answer)
The bearing for South? (in degrees)
180
Where is the equator?
Around the middle of the Earth or 0 degrees latitude
What is the term for the breaking down of rocks by the weather and the rainfall?
Weathering
The 6 mountain landforms we covered in class (points for each)
mountain, volcano, cirque, glacier, range, ridge
Riverine Landforms (points for each correct answer)
Watershed, Drainage basin, tributary, lake, river, meander, delta, estuary