BIOMES
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
MAPPING
RANDOM STUFF
FOOD SECURITY
TRIVIA
100
What is the most common biome on planet earth?
Tropical forests
100
Which plant has the ability to store water?
Cactus
100
Which line of latitude divides the hemispheres?
Equator
100
The world's population is expected to reach 9 billion by?
2050
100
How many people are chronically hungry?
One in seven people
100
On a dart board, what number is directly opposite number 1?
19
200
What are the two major biomes in Australia?
- Deserts
- Grassland
200
Foods which are easy to grow and access and eaten regularly, making up a major part of our diet, are known as:
Staple foods
200
What are the three major lines of latitude?
Tropic on Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
200
Which is the only mammal that can't jump?
Elephant
200
Define food security
safe, clean, nutritious food accessible to all people at all times
200
The name of which African animal means "river horse"?
Hippopotamus
300
Tundra biomes are mainly found in...
Russia
300
Maize is a very important crop. What is it more commonly known as?
Corn
300
What is the line that is where time begins each day?
BONUS 100 points- which town and country does it run through?
Prime Meridien
Greenwich
England
300
Name the fifth planet from the sun
Jupiter
300
What ways to biomes get changed to assist with food production/security?
Various - Terraces, drainage, greenhouse, ploughing land
300
Which animal consumes about 33% of its body weight in a single meal?
Pelican
400
Which of the following best describes the tropical rainforest biome:
a) hot and wet all year round with good soils
b) hot and dry all year round with poor soils
c) hot and wet all year round with poor soils
c) hot and wet all year round with poor soils
400
Where does the most palm oil related deforestation occur?
400
Countries that run East of the Prime Meridien are ahead/behind time?
BONUS Points- list 3 of these countries
Ahead
Aus
NZ
Fiji
Japan etc
400
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
400
What area of Australia is coined "the nation's food bowl"?
The Murray-Darling Basin
400
What fear do you suffer from if you have Cynophobia?
Dogs
500
What are the five major biomes?
- Tundra
- Forests
- Deserts
- Grasslands
- Aquatic
500
What is the driest continent on earth?
Antarctica
500
Which is the longest continental mountain range in the world?
The Andes in South America are the longest mountain range stretching over 7,200km/4,500 miles from north to south.
500
List the 7 colours of monopoly money
*Double points question: correctly place the colour with the $ value
White = $1
Pink = $5
Yellow = $10
Green = $20
Blue = $50
Beige = $100
Orange = $500
500
Name 3 of the most food insecure countries.
various
500
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland
600
List three unique features that biomes are defined by:
1. The type of climate in the location (temperature and rainfall)
2. The types of plants/animals that inhabit it
3. How the animals and plants have adapted to living in these conditions.
4. Altitude
5. Soil type
600
Which Humanities concept can best be defined by: meeting today's needs and protecting the environment and resources for the future
Sustainability
600
How many degrees does the earth rotate each hour?
15°
600
How many dots are there on two dice?
42
600
How has the war in Ukraine affected food security and why?
exports
grain prices
safety
600
What is the technical name of hashtag (#)?
Octothorp
700
What is another name for a coniferous forest biome?
Taiga
700
What are the seven concepts to the study of geography? Hint: SPICESS
Space, Place, Interconnection, Change, Environment, Sustainability and Scale
700
The acronym BOLTSS helps us to remember the 6 essential features of a map. What does it stand for?
Border
Orientation
Legend
Title
Scale
Source
700
If you are called a sandgroper, which Australian state do you come from?
Western Australia
700
List two factors that threaten food security around the world:
*Bonus points: if you can list 5
1. crop yields/drought
2. water shortage
3. globalisation
4. climate change
5. competing use of land/urbanization
7. war/corrupt government
700
What does a funambulist walk on?
A tight rope