WATER & SAFETY
This term means water that is clean and free from harmful bacteria and chemicals.
Safe Water
These are raw materials that occur naturally and are useful to humans.
Environmental resouces
This part of SPICESS focuses on where things are located on the Earth’s surface.
Space
The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere—sunny, rainy, windy or cold.
Weather
Breaking down rocks through freezing water cracking them apart.
Physical weathering
Only this percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater we can drink.
a) 95%
b).04%
c) 2.5%
c) 2.5%
This type of resource is replaced quickly and will not be used up—like solar or wind.
Renewable resources
This concept is about how places impact/relate to each other, such as rivers linking farms and ports.
Interconnections
The long-term pattern of weather over 30+ years.]
Climate
Rust forming on rocks.
Chemical weathering
Most of Earth’s freshwater is stored in these frozen forms.
Glaciers, snow and ice
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of this type of resource.
Non-renewable resources
This is about how features, environments or patterns shift over time—like cities growing.
Change
When water covers normally dry land, such as after heavy rain or a river overflowing.
Flood
Wind blowing sand that wears away rock surfaces and removes the debris.
Erosion
This type of shortage occurs when people don’t have enough clean and reliable water.
Water scarcity
True or false: The Earth is running out of water.
False
This is the physical and biological world around us, including forests and rivers.
Environment
This long-term warming of the planet is caused by human actions like burning fossil fuels.
Climate change
Volcanic eruptions building new islands.
Tectonic forces
This Australian industry uses more water than any other.
This cycle moves water through evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
The water cycle
Using the environment in ways that meet current needs without harming the future.
Sustainability
Grass or bush fires common in Australia and dangerous if not controlled.
Bushfires
The names, and correct order, of the 3 main landscape-shaping processes.
Weathering → erosion → deposition