geography term 2

Question 1

preceptions

Answer 1

are people opinions

Question 2

example of climate

Answer 2

too cold, too warm

Question 3

example of landform

Answer 3

beaches, mountaions

Question 4

example natural resources

Answer 4

lots of coal in western australia

Question 5

rural places

Answer 5

not much business, lots of land. Basically in between urban and isolated

Question 6

urban places

Answer 6

oppisote of rural/isolated. It is busy and has lots of cities

Question 7

isolated places

Answer 7

not much stuff, away from all towns, and anything near ( norfolk island )

Question 8

the average rainfall on a climate graph is always

Answer 8

blue in a bar graph

Question 9

the average daytime temp in a climate graph is always

Answer 9

red ( on top of the dip )

Question 10

the average night time temp in a climate graph is always

Answer 10

purple ( on the bottom of the dip )

Question 11

area is what figure?

Answer 11

4

Question 12

grid refernce is what figure

Answer 12

6

Question 13

what is port pirie home to?

Answer 13

one of the largest smelters in the world

Question 14

lead in port pirie caused

Answer 14

lower iq and acedimic achievements, adhd, learning difficulties, behaviour disorders

Question 15

conntour lines

Answer 15

lines on a map that join places of the same height

Question 16

relief

Answer 16

is the term used for the differences in height from place to place on the lands surface

Question 17

cntour interval

Answer 17

the difference in elevation represented by each contour line in a topographic map

Question 18

environmental quality’ means things like (name 5)

Answer 18

1.How much air and water pollution there is in a place
2.How much noise there is in a place
3.Whether there is good access to open space
4.The amount of traffic
5.The visual effects of buildings and roads

Question 19

Name 4 Factors that reduce environmental quality

Answer 19

natural hazard, conflict, population pressures, land degradation.

Question 20

3 areas of Area of environmental quality affected by Natural Hazards

Answer 20

Air pollution
Water pollution
Habitat destruction (including cities and suburbs for humans)

Question 21

Area of environmental quality affected by Conflict

Answer 21

Habitat destruction

Question 22

4 Areas of environmental quality affected by population pressures

Answer 22

Traffic volumes
Air pollution
Noise
Access to open space

Question 23

2 Area of environmental quality affected by land degradation

Answer 23

Food sources lost (obviously a major problem when we starve)
Water pollution

Question 24

4 Human factors that influence perceptions of liveability

Answer 24

1. culture,
2. income,
3. employment,
4. crime and safety.

Question 25

2 categories of natural resources that affect if people think area is livable or not

Answer 25

1. Basic resources needed for daily survival e.g. Drinking water Clean air
2. Resources needed for the long-term success of the people who live there
   e.g. arable land, fresh water for farming

Question 26

definition of culture

Answer 26

The customs, habits, beliefs, social organisation and ways of life that characterise different groups and communities.

Question 27

example of a country with high average income

Answer 27

Rank
Country
1
Luxembourg
2
Switzerland
3
Ireland
4
United States
5
Australia
6
Canada
7
Denmark
8
Norway
9
Netherlands
10
United Kingdom

Question 28

unemployment rate definiton

Answer 28

what is the he percentage of people who do not have a job (but are trying to get one) is called the

Question 29

example of country with high unemployment

Answer 29

Greece, the unemployment rate went from 7% in 2008 to 27% in 2013 because of their government ended up owing too much money to other countries.

Question 30

2 Ways to measure, assess or rank the liveability of places

Answer 30

1 A survey (asking people to vote); or
2 A ‘liveability index’

Question 31

why are surveys not perfect?

Answer 31

It is not a perfect way of finding out the truth, though, because those people might not have lived anywhere else (maybe they live in a bad place but they don’t know any better…).

Question 32

Liveability Index is a measurement of the quality of life based on what 3 criteria.

Answer 32

Safety
Education
Health care

Question 33

5 exmplaes of Services and facilities considered important to people’s wellbeing

Answer 33

Hospitals
Medical centres and specialists
Public transport
Schools
Shopping centres

Question 34

5 benefits of being ina larger urban area

Answer 34

1 More customers for businesses
2 More patients for hospitals and medical centres
3 More jobs for workers
4 More choice of schools
5 More transport options (trains and buses come more often because there are more people to carry)

Question 35

3 Environmental factors that influence perceptions of liveability

Answer 35

climate, landforms, natural resources

Question 36

‘environmental quality’ means things like: (5 of them)

Answer 36

How much air and water pollution there is in a place
How much noise there is in a place
Whether there is good access to open space
The amount of traffic
The visual effects of buildings and roads

Question 37

4 examples of land degradation

Answer 37

1 Salinity (too much salt in the soil for food to grow)
2 Accelerated soil erosion (the top layer of the soil is worn away so that our food, and the food animals eat before we eat the animals, can’t grow)
3 Loss of biodiversity (less types of animals and plants)
4 Loss of habitats (less places for us and animals to live)

Question 38

pqe is

Answer 38

pattern, quantify, exceptions