Geography

Question 1

When was the Chernobyl disaster.

Answer 1

1986

Question 2

How did the chernobyl disaster happen

Answer 2

The safety check left the rod out for to long causing it to explode.

Question 3

What is globalisation?

Answer 3

Globalisation is the process of all the world’s economies becoming intergrated

Question 4

Name the BRIC countries

Answer 4

Brazil Russia India China

Question 5

What are TNC’s?

Answer 5

TNCs are companies that produce products, sell products or are located in more than one country (Trans-National Corporations)

Question 6

How do TNC’s increase globalisation?

Answer 6

They increase globalisation by linking together countries through the production and sale of goods

Question 7

Name a TNC

Answer 7

Any big company that has bases around the world. E.G. Nike

Question 8

Give one advantage of a TNC

Answer 8

It provides new jobs with every new store that is built

Question 9

Give one disadvantage of a TNC

Answer 9

Some companies that supply the TNC have very long working hours

Question 10

What is industrialisation?

Answer 10

When countries that have traditionally relied on agriculture have seen a massive growth in their manufacturing industries recently

Question 11

Define superpower nation

Answer 11

A nation which is able to project its power and influence anywhere in the world. It’s a dominant global force.

Question 12

Name the 7 current superpowers

Answer 12

USA,China,Russia,India,France,UK and Brazil

Question 13

Name 4 biomes

Answer 13

Tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rainforest, desert, Mediterranean, mountains

Question 14

What biome is the uk in

Answer 14

Deciduous forest

Question 15

What biome is most of russia in.

Answer 15

Coniferous forest.

Question 16

What biome is north russia in

Answer 16

Tundra

Question 17

What biome is rome in

Answer 17

Mediterranean

Question 18

What biome is Egypt in

Answer 18

Desert

Question 19

what biome is most of Namibia in

Answer 19

grassland

Question 20

what biome is Brazil in?

Answer 20

rainforest

Question 21

what is the biosphere?

Answer 21

The biosphere is dived into biomes.

Question 22

what is an epiphyte?

Answer 22

a plant that grows on another plant in order to reach sunlight and it is not parasitic it gets it nurturance from air and pools of water

Question 23

what are lianas?

Answer 23

vines that quickly grow around trees rapping them selves in order to get up to sunlight.

Question 24

What are buttress roots?

Answer 24

roots that are wide to support trees and they shallow roots to capture nutrients close to surface.

Question 25

What are Emergents?

Answer 25

Emergents reach through the dense canopy for light. they are slow growing tree which means they are hard woods . some of the tallest trees can be almost 65 meters high.

Question 26

What are drip tips leaves

Answer 26

drip tip leaves are angled so that water can drip right of the leaves so that photosynthesis can continue. and they are waxy so that it can prevent mould and helps drain water from the leaves.

Question 27

what is the canopy layer

Answer 27

these trees are approximately 30-40 meters tall they have waterlogged conditions and there is a great competition to reach the top in order to reach the sunlight.

Question 28

what are the shrubs like in the rainforest?

Answer 28

they are waxy and jagged to prevent consumption from herbivores . They live of the 2% of light that reaches the forest floor . The shrubs are softwoods.

Question 29

why are some leaves dark green?

Answer 29

Greater levels of chlorophyll are found on the leaves and it absorbs more light.

Question 30

Name some adaptions that animals have in the boreal forest.

Answer 30

Thick fur - To deal with cold. Antlers - For nurturance an to fight off predators. Big feet - to avoid falling into the snow. White fur - to blend in with the surrounding environment.

Question 31

how did the British empire grow so quickly

Answer 31

Britain was the first countries to start there industrial revolution which meant there were to mass produce goods. There navy was the best at the time which was key as they were an island and they need it to protect them.

Question 32

Why did the British empire decline

Answer 32

1. WW2 (The cost) 2. New superpowers (USA Russia) 3. Money ( Territories costed a lot to up hold)

Question 33

What are the two acronyms for emerging super powers.

Answer 33

B Brazil R Russia I India C China M Mexico I Indonesia N Nigeria T Turkey

Question 34

What are IGO's

Answer 34

Inter Governmental Organisations. The world bank The world Trade org

Question 35

Name the stucture of the earth

Answer 35

Crust, mantel, outer core, inner core.

Question 36

Name some plate tectonic theory?

Answer 36

Jigsaw fit Convection currents Study of fossils.

Question 37

Name 6 major plate boundraies

Answer 37

Pacific plate North american plate Eurasian plate South american plate African plate Indo-australian plate Cocos plate Jaun de fuca plate Nazca plate

Question 38

What is a covergent plate boundery

Answer 38

Were on side slips under the other one.

Question 39

Which one is the conservertive plate boundary.

Answer 39

Plates that slip past each other

Question 40

What are divergent plate boundaries

Answer 40

Plate boundary that slip away eachother.