Geography

Question 1

Name the natural resources.

Answer 1

Air, water, soil, forest, animals, marine life.

Question 2

What does the atmosphere consist of?

Answer 2

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere.

Question 3

Which sphere does the ISS orbit in?

Answer 3

Thermosphere

Question 4

What can air pollution do to your body?

Answer 4

Respiratory problems, headache, sleepiness, lung cancer.

Question 5

What are the stages of the water cycle?

Answer 5

Evaporation, Transpiration, Condensation, Precipitation,

Run-Off, Surface Water, Infiltration, Subsurface Outflow.

Question 6

How much water in found in the oceans?

Answer 6

97%

Question 7

What exacerbates South Africa’s water crisis?

Answer 7

Loss of wetlands, Pollution of catchment areas, alien plant infestations.

Question 8

When was the Laingsburg Flood?

Answer 8

1981

Question 9

Heavy Rain

Answer 9

•24 hr period of rain exceeds 50 mm
+
•1 hr, 15 mm or more

Question 10

Extremely Heavy Rain

Answer 10

•24 hr period of accumulated rain exceeds 130 mm

Question 11

Torrential Rain

Answer 11

•24 hr period of rain exceeds 200 mm

Question 12

What ‘Human Activities’ affect flooding?

Answer 12

• Farming techniques- Over grazing, incorrect plowing.
• Fires- Destroy vegetation, makes soil unstable.
• Deforestation- Roots used to hold soil together.
• Urban settlements- Less open land to absorb water.

Question 13

What is population?

Answer 13

A group of individuals, from the same species, who inhabit a particular area.

Question 14

Factors of environmental resistance.

Answer 14

• Lack of food and water.
• Lack of suitable habitat.
• Competition
• Diseases
• Unnatural deaths

Question 15

What is Demography?

Answer 15

The study of the size, density, and distribution of human population.

Question 16

When was the Pre-agricultural period, Agricultural period and the Industrial period?

Answer 16

10 000 years ago
10 000 to 1 000 years ago
1760 to 1840

Question 17

What would uncontrolled population growth lead to and what would that lead to and that lead to?

Answer 17

• A depletion of resources
• Increased population
• Overcrowding
• Increased unemployment

Which would lead to:
•Starvation
•Increased Diseases
•Higher crime rates
•High poverty rates
•War

Which would lead to:
•Increased death rates
•Decreased birth rates

Question 18

What is economic inequality?

Answer 18

The difference between individuals or populations in terms of income or wealth.

Question 19

How is per capita income calculated?

Answer 19

By dividing the total income of a country by its total population.

Question 20

What is poverty

Answer 20

It is when a person is unable to meet their basic needs due to economic constraints.

Question 21

What are the basic needs?

Answer 21

Water, Food, Shelter, Health Care and Education.

Question 22

What are some of the factors that tell you if a nation is in poverty?

Answer 22

High Birth Rates
High Death Rates
Age Structure

Question 23

Poor nations have high death rates because they have?

Answer 23

Limited Medical Care
Poor Sanitation
Increased prevalence of disease

Question 24

What is global sustainability?

Answer 24

The act of meeting the needs of the current human population without compromising the ecosystem services and natural resources to the detriment of future generations.

Question 25

describe the Demographic Transition.

Answer 25

Pre-Industrial Stage
Transitional Stage
Industrial Stage
Post-Industrial Stage

Question 26

What is population density?

Answer 26

The number of people living in a land area.

Question 27

What are natural resources?

Answer 27

Substances and energy resources that we take from the environment and use.

Question 28

What is an ecological footprint?

Answer 28

An estimate of the amount of land that is needed to supply a person with the resources they need to survive.