Amazing Places

Question 1

What is a biome?

Answer 1

A large place with similar plants animals and climates.

Question 2

What is a climate?

Answer 2

The weather over a long period of time (30 years)

Question 3

What is latitude?

Answer 3

Imaginary lines running from East to West around the world

-The equator

Question 4

What is longitude?

Answer 4

Imaginary lines running from north to south over the world

- the prime meridian

Question 5

What is hydraulic action?

Answer 5

Erosion caused by water hitting land

Question 6

What is abrasion?

Answer 6

Erosion caused by water throwing rocks against the land

Question 7

What’s a sea stack?

Answer 7

A column of rock standing in the sea

Question 8

Explain the formation of a stack?

Answer 8

1. Firstly a large crack is opened up by hydraulic action
2. Then the crack goes into a cave by hydraulic action and abrasion
3. After a while the cave breaks to the headland forming a natural arch
4. Then the arch is eroded and collapses, this leaves a tall rock stack

Question 9

Explain what Human Geography is and and give some examples

Answer 9

Human geography is how and where people live and some examples include:
the places we live in
How rich or poor we are
How we travel around
The jobs we do

Question 10

Explain what physical geography is and give some examples

Answer 10

Physical geography is what planet earth is like some examples of this include:
Hazards we face such as volcanoes or storms How the earth is changing
Weather and climate
Rocks, rivers and coasts

Question 11

What is a cause?

Answer 11

Something which leads to something else

Question 12

What is an effect?

Answer 12

Something which happens as a result of something else.

Question 13

Define soil

Answer 13

The upper layer of the ground where plants grow

Question 14

Name some advantages of Dubai

Answer 14

• biggest building in the world
• good beaches
• Dubai mall or the gold souk
• leisure activities e.g. skiing

Question 15

Name some disadvantages of Dubai

Answer 15

• workers are being treated like slaves
• expensive rent
• high water consumption in a desert
• strict laws

Question 16

Name some advantages of the skywalk

Answer 16

• it made some money and jobs for the Hualapai tribe

- natural scenery

Question 17

Name some disadvantages of the skywalk

Answer 17

• disturbs sacred ground
• ruins the natural beauty
• tourist put pressure on the land

Question 18

Describe the process of a sea stack

Answer 18

1. Large crack opened up by hydraulic action
2. Caves get bigger by hydraulic action and abrasion
3. Cave breaks through making a natural arch
4. The arch collapses forming a stack