Physical Geography

Question 1

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 1

A community of plants and animals that
live together in the environment.

Question 2

What is a hazard

Answer 2

A natural danger to people and their property.

Question 3

Give some examples of Hazards

Answer 3

earthquakes
gales
drought
floods

Question 4

What is physical geography?

Answer 4

Physical geography is the natural features and events on
Earth. It includes landforms and weather.

Question 5

What are landforms?

Answer 5

Natural features formed by rivers, the sea,
ice and volcanoes.

Question 6

What is climate?

Answer 6

The average weather conditions of a place, usually taken over a 30-year period.

Question 7

What is weather?

Answer 7

The day to day condition of the atmosphere.
It includes temperature, rainfall and wind.

Question 8

What is atmosphere?

Answer 8

The air around the earth.

Question 9

What is Latitude?

Answer 9

These are lines that go around the earth. The best known is the
Equator (0°). The lines are measured in degrees north or south of the
Equator.

Question 10

Name 5 important lines of Latitude

Answer 10

0° - Equator
23½° N – Tropic of Cancer
23½° S – Tropic of Capricorn
66½° N – Arctic Circle
66½° S – Antarctic Circle

Question 11

What is longitude?

Answer 11

These are imaginary lines that go from North Pole to South Pole. They are measured from the
Greenwich Meridian (Prime Meridian). (0°)