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Question 1

Israel’s physical geography

Answer 1

Lengthy coastal plain, highlands in the north and Negev desert in the south

Question 2

Israel’s human geography

Answer 2

Tel Aviv is urban

Question 3

Capital city of Svalbard (Norway)

Answer 3

Longyearbyen

Question 4

What animal is common in Svalbard (Norway)

Answer 4

Polar bears

Question 5

Hemisphere

Answer 5

To horse that meet at the equator

Question 6

Landlocked

Answer 6

When a country has no close the borders and it’s completely surrounded by other countries. E G. Switzerland

Question 7

Latitude

Answer 7

The distance of a place from the equator

Question 8

Longitude

Answer 8

To do with time zones

Question 9

Archipelago

Answer 9

Chain of islands

Question 10

Rural

Answer 10

An area of countryside, with villages or open land

Question 11

Urban

Answer 11

A built-up area like a town or a city

Question 12

Agriculture

Answer 12

Farming

Question 13

Residential

Answer 13

An area with lots of homes

Question 14

Commercial

Answer 14

An area of a city where there are shops and offices

Question 15

Congested

Answer 15

An area where there is lots of traffic

Question 16

How do the Sliding rocks move?

Answer 16

1) it rains forming a shallow lake
2) During the rain, the rocks fall off the cliff onto the race track playa
3) At night, the temperature drops to below 0°, freezing the lake
4) In the morning, the Sun melts the ice, leaving a layer of water under the ice
5) When the wind blows from the south, it blows the whole ice sheet, pushing the rocks with it. Then the ice melts, and the water evaporates, leaving the rocks in a new position.

Question 17

Where is death Valley located

Answer 17

In the USA, California

Question 18

Climate of death Valley

Answer 18

Very hot, dry, and desert like

Question 19

The rainshadow effect

Answer 19

~ Death Valley is located in the rain shadow of 4 mountain ranges, making it so dry
~ The moist air from the Pacific Ocean blows up the mountain, and it is forced to rise
~ as it rises, it cools and condenses to form clouds and rain
~ Danny, and rises over the mountain ranges, leaving no more moisture
~ this makes it very arid and dry, and since the ground is dry, it cannot absorb the rain
~ this makes a lake able to form which traps the rocks when the temperature cools

Question 20

Upper course

Answer 20

It is mountainous, narrow, shallow, and has a V shaped Valley. You can find a waterfall, plunge pool, and small meanders. The erosion happening, here is oppression, attrition, and hydraulic action.

Question 21

Middle course

Answer 21

It has gentle slopes, meanders, a wider V shape, and is deeper than the upper course. Erosion happening, here is lateral, vertical, and deep position. There is also a present, attrition, hydraulic action and corrosion.

Question 22

Lower Course

Answer 22

It has a levée, an oxbow lake, the flat floodplain, and 80 positional soon. It has a wider, flat land, a big leak in the city, and the evolution happening, here is lecturer, abrasion, attrition, hydraulic, action, and corrosion.

Question 23

Climate zone

Answer 23

Average whether that will happen in the area

Question 24

Source

Answer 24

Start of the river

Question 25

Mouth

Answer 25

End of the river, where the river meets the sea

Question 26

River Channel

Answer 26

The shape of the inside of the river from side to side

Question 27

What is the urban population of Egypt?

Answer 27

40 to 60%

Question 28

Is Svalbard located at a high or low latitude?

Answer 28

High latitude

Question 29

One impact of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in 2010

Answer 29

The sand went in the sand, so you couldn’t go to the beach

Question 30

Why is Egypt so hot?

Answer 30

It is near the equator, and the Sun’s rays are more concentrated

Question 31

How is the Nile important to Egypt?

Answer 31

~ Provided life, as when it flooded, it made the land fertile, allowing crops to grow, and people could eat
~ Provided transportation and trade. People could sail along the Nile to get to places they wanted, and to transport goods, animals and food. It was so loud to people to sail along to somewhere else to trade

Question 32

Where does the Nile begin?

Answer 32

The Ethiopian highlands

Question 33

Where does the sediment come from?

Answer 33

Eroded, rocks and soil alongside the river

Question 34

Why does the river have higher flow in the summer?

Answer 34

The snow on top of the mountains have melted and the water falls into the river

Question 35

How is the floodplain formed?

Answer 35

~A river floods when it is too full and bursts its banks.
~The sediment is carried by the flooded river and onto the floodplain until it is deposited.
~The sediment has lots of nutrients, and as the river flood onto the crops, they get nutrients from the sediment.
~When it is left behind the land is flat and smooth. This is known as a floodplain.