GEOGRAPHY Y07 T1

Question 1

Explain the Water Cycle

Answer 1

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface run off, infiltration and
transpiration.

Question 2

What is precipitation?

Answer 2

water droplets increase in size and weight and fall onto the earth’s surface.

Question 3

What is condensation?

Answer 3

when water vapor cools, it condenses to form cloud and fog.

Question 4

Think about precipitation: Give FOUR examples of it.

Answer 4

Rain, Hail, snow and sleet.

Question 5

What is transpiration? Explain why this is important in the water cycle.

Answer 5

Plants transpire water from the soil into the atmosphere as water vapor.

Question 6

Explain the difference between a renewable and a non-renewable resource. Give an example of EACH.

Answer 6

Renewable= Something you can regrow E.G wood

Non-Renewable= Once it has been used you can’t get it back E.G Oil

Question 7

Explain what infiltration is.

Answer 7

when the water moves into the ground from the surface and soaks between soil and rock layers.

Question 8

What is a water catchment? Where is water first “caught”?

Answer 8

A catchment is an area where water is collected by the natural landscape.

Question 9

Explain what an environmental resource is?

Answer 9

any material, service, or information from the environment that is valuable to society. E.G land, water

Question 10

Where is our freshwater stored? Be specific and give examples.

Answer 10

Wivenhoe and somerset dams are located upstream of the Brisbane River.

Question 11

What is evaporation?

Answer 11

the process of turning from liquid into vapour.

Question 12

What is a water shed?

Answer 12

A watershed is an area of land that drains water into a specific waterbody.

Question 13

What does ‘run off’ refer to in the water cycle?

Answer 13

When there is more water than land can absorb. The excess liquid flows across the surface of the land and into nearby creeks, streams, or ponds

Question 14

Why is water not distributed evenly around the world?

Answer 14

Climate change is causing more frequent and severe flooding and droughts, intensifying the water stress in some regions.

Question 15

What is irrigation in farming? Explain how this is connected to crops.

Answer 15

large scale industrial watering systems for extensive farm crops

Question 16

What is irrigation in farming? Explain how this is connected to crops.

Answer 16

water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers, or other man-made means, rather than relying on rainfall alone.

Question 17

Name THREE ways water connects people to places and therefore influences where people choose to settle.

Answer 17

It bonds mountain tops to river beds, connects cities upstream with communities along the coast, and transports the external world into our bodies. Water flows through us, protecting organs and delivering essential nutrients to cell.

Question 18

Why do people in some countries have less access to water than others?

Answer 18

Sharp geographic, sociocultural and economic inequalities

Question 19

Explain why it is important to look after renewable resources.

Answer 19

Renewable resources are capable of regenerating after harvesting, so their use can potentially be sustained forever.

Question 20

Give THREE examples of a continuous resource.

Answer 20

waves, sun, tide and wind power.

Question 21

What is infiltration? Where does it belong in the ‘flow’ of the water cycle?

Answer 21

when water on the grounds surface soaks into the earth’s soil. Infiltration happens after rainfall runs off the surface of land then saturates into the soil.

Question 22

What percentage of water on earth is saltwater? Is it an available or potential resource? Explain your thinking!

Answer 22

97.5% of earth’s water is saltwater. Yes, saltwater can be used as a resource for salt, or you can take the salt out and become fresh water.

Question 23

What is surface water? Give TWO examples.

Question 24

Identify two ways water can negatively affect a place.

Question 25

What are floodplains? Explain why this is important for crops.

Question 26

List THREE main uses of water.

Question 27

List THREE main uses of water.