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1
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What words do we use to describe cloud cover

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Overcast ; clear sky ; partly cloudy

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What does a thermometer do

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Measures the temperature

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What does anemometer do

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It measures the windspeed

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4
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What does the Stevenscreen

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Houses the Weather instruments

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What does a Wind vane do

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It measures the wind direction

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What does a barometer do

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A barometer measures air pressure

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What does a rain gauge Measure

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Amount of Rainfall

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What does a hygrometer measure

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It’s measures humidity in the air

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9
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Name the eight compass Directions

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North
south
north east
south west
east
west
south east
north west

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10
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What are the two instruments that are used to measure the wind

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Wind sock and A wind Vane

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What type of rainfall does Durban have?

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It is rainfall all year

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12
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Describe the rain the Cape Town

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Cape Town has warm dry summers and cold wet winters

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13
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What rainfall does Johannesburg cup

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Johannesburg has rain in summer

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14
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What is climate

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Climate is the average weather conditions for a place as observed over the past 20 years

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What can weather do

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You can change from place to place in a short period of time

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16
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What is weather

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weather is the condition or state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time

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17
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What type of climate does the forest have

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Warm and humid and all year
High rainfall
Frost free

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18
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What grows in a forest

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Moss
Ferns
evergreen trees

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19
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Describe the climate in Fynboss areas

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Hot dry summers
Cold wet winters

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20
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What grows in Fynbos Areas

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Proteas
Daisies
Shrubs with small hard leaves and tough stems to withstand the hot dry summers

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21
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Describe the climate in Grasslands

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Frost in winter and summer thunderstorms

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22
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What grows in grasslands

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Woody trees
shortgrass
small flowering plants
umbrella trees

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23
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Describe the climate in the Nama Karoo?

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Very little summer rain
very hot summers
very cold winters with Frost

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24
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What grows in the Nama Karoo ?

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Shrubs
grasses
Thorn trees

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Describe the climate in the savanna

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Summer thunderstorms
cold winters with frost

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26
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What Grows in the savanna

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Grasses
trees
shrubs
Boabab trees

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27
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Describe the climate in the succulent Karoo

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Very hot Summers
Very dry summers
Little rain in winter
no frost

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28
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Which plants grow in the succulent Karoo

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Succulent plants that store water
trees have Whitebark to reflect the heat
aloes

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29
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What is the Savannah

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A rolling grassland shattered with shrubs and isolated trees which cover more than a third of a SA the Savannah extends from the arid Kalahari in the north through Limpopo and down through through kWaZulu Natal to the Eastern Cape

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30
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What happens in the Savannah during the wetsummers

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It gets hot and very humid in the afternoon is the rain pours down for hours

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31
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Describe at the Savannah looks like

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A rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees which cover more than a third of SA

32
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If you are going on a game drive in the Kruger national park why wouldn’t it be better to go in the morning rather than the afternoon in summer

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In the summer it can rain for hours in the afternoon so I would rather go in the morning

33
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What is the difference between a Grazer and a browser

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Grazers are animals whoeat the grass
browsers are animals who eat the leaves of trees

34
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Write down three ways in which the Grasses Of the Savannah specialised for survival

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They are too bitter for some animals
They have bulbs
They grow from the bottom up

35
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What is migration

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Seasonal movement of animals from one place to another

36
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Why do animals of the savanna raise their young in burrows underground

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-To avoid the heat
-So that the Hawks and the Eagles can’t hurt the young

37
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What does does renewable resource mean

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Renewable resource is a resource which is replace Naturally and can be used again
e.g. wind

38
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What does nonrenewable resource mean

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Can be used up and cannot be replaced

39
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Give two examples of mineral resources

A

Gold and iron

40
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Name four things gold is used for

A

Jewellery
dentistry
coins
medals

41
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Name two things the copper is used for

A

Used for pipes to carry water
used in electrical wiring

42
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Name four things that Platinum is used for

A

Electric industries
car industries
Jewellery
metal used to make disc Drives for computers

43
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Name two things the diamonds are used for

A

Cutting machines
jewellery

44
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Name two things that magnesium is used for

A

To harden steel and make it stronger
to colour glass

45
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Two things chrome is used for

A

Making other metals
shiny parts of machines

46
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Name four things that iron is used for

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Buildings
vehicles
machines
making other metals

47
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Name two things silver is used for

A

Jewellery
trophies

48
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Which minerals are used to make jewellery

A

Gold
silver
platinum
diamonds

49
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Which minerals are used to strengthen steel

A

magnesium

50
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What mineral is used for cutting

A

Diamonds

51
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What minerals used for electrical wiring

A

Copper

52
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Name three steps and how coal is formed

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  1. before the dinosaurs many giant plants died in swamps

2.Over millions of years the plants was buried under water and dirt

  1. Heat and pressure turn the dead plants into Coal
53
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What do we use Coal for

A

1.Electricity
2.to make petrol and plastics
3.used in manufacturing

54
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Why is Coal not a mineral

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Coal is formed from the remains of plants , it is therefore not a mineral

55
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Why is Coal not a Mineral

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Coal formed from the remains of plants , it is therefore not a mineral

56
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Is coal a renewable or a nonrenewable resource

A

NonRenewable

57
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Which minerals of mined in your province

A

None

58
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Which minerals and mined in the free State

A

Gold

59
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Which provinces have no minerals

A

The Western province in the Eastern Cape

60
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Which province has the most coal

A

Mapumalanga

61
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Where was the first diamond discovered and when

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The first diamond was discovered in South Africa on the farm near Kimberley in 1866

62
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Another word for Gauteng is

A

Egoli

63
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What is another word for Gauteng

A

Egoli

64
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What does egoli mean

A

Place of gold

65
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What does egoli mean

A

Place of gold

66
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What does egoli mean

A

Place of gold

67
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Name the mineral dug out of Kimberly hole

A

Diamond

68
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Name three tools early miners used

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Dynamite
Drills
Water

69
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Is a diamond a nonrenewable resource or a renewable resource
Say why

A

Non renewable
When they are used up there is no more

70
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What pollution does mining cause

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Air-pollution ( Dust from Drilling and blasting pollutes the air / Digging coal out of the ground releases harmful gases into the air )
Water pollution ( Rainwater passing through mine dumps is polluted by dust and chemicals in the dump. The polluted rain goes into the soil into underground water and into rivers

71
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What does open pit mining create
What happens

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Enormous holes in the serface of the earth
Trees bushes and grass are cleared for buildings , roads , and mineworking
mine wasters is dumped where vegetation grew
polluted water flows over the ground some sinks into the ground
plants and animals using this water die
fish die in polluted water
animals have lost their food and their homes on the mine land

72
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Name 4 challenges in mining

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High temperature
No fresh air
lots of pressure on tunnel roof
Dust in air

73
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What can High temperature in the mines do to you and how do you solve that

A

It can give you heatstroke
You can get a very good cooling system or spray water on hot rocks

74
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What can No fresh air in the mines do to you and how do you solve that

A

You can get a lung disease
You can get very good ventilation in

75
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What can Lots of pressure tunnel roof in the mines do to you and how do you solve that

A

Rockfalls can happen
You can put strong props in the tunnel and give protective gear to the miners

76
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What can Dust in the air in the mines do to you and how do you solve that

A

It can give you a lung disease
You can spray water on the rocks

77
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Is coal a mineral

A

No

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