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Year 8 Term 2 - Asia Flashcards

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1
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Where is Asia?

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Asia is a continent in the eastern and northern hemisphere.

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Which continents is to the east of Asia?

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Europe

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Which Oceans boarder it?

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The Indian Ocean is to the South. To the east is the Pacific Ocean. To the North is the Arctic Ocean.

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Which Islands are included in Asia?

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The Philippine archipelago and Indonesia.

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Archipelago

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A closely scattered cluster of islands.

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The largest country…

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…Russia.

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The most populated country…

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…China.

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The most southern country…

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… Indonesia.

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The most western country…

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…Turkey.

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The most northern country…

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…Russia.

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The most eastern country…

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…Russia.

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What are the Seas around Asia?

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South China Sea
Camotes Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Sibuyan Sea
Black Sea
Levantine Sea
Philippine Sea
Arabian Sea
Caspian Sea
Visayan Sea
East China Sea
Bering Sea
Andaman Sea
Red Sea
Persian Gulf/ Arabian Gulf
Samar Sea
Eeythraean Sea

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What are the countries in Asia

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Japan
Indonesia
China
India
South Korea
Thailand
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Israel
Taiwan
Iran
Cambodia
Nepal
Afghanistan
Myanmar(Burma)
Bangladesh
Mongolia
Laos
Qatar
Sri Lanka
Maldives
Iraq
Uzbekistan
North Korea
Brunei
Syria
Lebanon
Armenia
United Arab Emirates
Christmas Island
Yemen
Bhutan
Palestine
Kuwait
British Indian Ocean Territory
Kyrgyzstan
Jordan
Cocos (Keeling) Island
Tajikistan
Oman
Timor Leste
Turkmenistan
Macao
Bahrain

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What is the Oceans around Asia?

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Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean

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Asia is the largest continent in the world.

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It covers 44.6 million km^2.

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How many people in Asia in 2022?

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4.75 billion people.
It is the most populated continent in the world.
China had 1.45 billion people.
India has 1.41 billion people.

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What is Asia home to?

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World highest and lowest point. As well as the tallest building.

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What is the highest point in the world?

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Mount Everest.

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What is the lowest point in the world

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Challenger Deep.

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How high is Mount Everest?

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8849m above sea level.

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How low is Challenger Deep?

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10.971m bellow sea level.

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Where is Challenger Deep?

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In the Marianas Trench.

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What is the tallest building in the world?

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The Burj Khalifa.

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Where is the Burj Khalifa?

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Dubai

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How tall is the Burj Khalifa?

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829.8m tall

26
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When was mount Everest discovered?

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1852

27
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The death Zone

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Any peak above 8,000m

28
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What happens when climbers brains and lungs are starved of oxygen?

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Their risk of heart attack and stroke is increased, and their judgment quickly becomes impaired.

29
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What happens to the cells.?

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There is so little oxygen that the body dies minute by minute, cell by cell.

30
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How many lives were lost to Everest in 1924?

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300

31
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How many lives were lost to Everest in 2023?

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310

32
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Who is Green Boots?

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It is the name given to the unidentified body of a climber that became a landmark on the main Northeast ridge route of Mount Everest.
The body has not been officially identified, but he is believed to be Tsewang Paljor, an Indian climber who died on Everest in 1996.

33
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What is a biome?

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A large scale ecosystem.
A large region with its own distinct climate, plant and animals .

34
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What are the main types of biomes?

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desert,
tundra
grassland
coniferous forest
deciduous forest
tropical forest

35
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What are the 13 types of biomes?

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tropical rain forest
tropical dry forest
tropical savanna
desert
temperate grassland
temperate woodland
shrubland
temperate forest
north western coniferous forest
boreal forest
tundra.

36
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What are the biomes in the Lion King?

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Grasslands
Deserts
Rainforest

37
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What are the biomes in Finding Nemo?

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Open Ocean
Coral Reef

38
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What are the biomes in Aladdin?

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Desert

39
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What are the biomes in the Jungle Book?

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Rainforest

40
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What are the biomes in the Jungle Book?

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Coniferous forest

41
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What is an Ecosystem?

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A community of plant and animals that live together in their non-living environment.

42
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What are the main biomes in Asia?

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Mountains
Tundra
Grassland
Tundra
Desert
Forests

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What is a Tundra?

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It is bitterly cold. The ground is deeply frozen. In the summer the ground thaws then ponds form everywhere and low plants grow.

44
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What is a taiga

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It has thick coniferous forests with trees such as spruce and fir Winters are long and very cold. Summers are short, warm and damp.

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What are the Steppes?

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Plains of grassland. Summers are hot. Winters are very cold. There are few trees, because there is not enough rain to support them.

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What are the temperate forests?

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They have deciduous trees. Summers are hot there. Winters are cold.

47
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What is a cold desert?

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Summers are hot but cloudless skies mean cold nights. Winters are brutally cold (-40 degrees Celsius or less) As in the hot desert vegetation is sparse since there is little or no rain.

48
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What is a hot desert?

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It is usually hot during the day and cold at night. As in the cold desert vegetation is sparse since there is little or no rain.

49
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What is the Mountain bion?

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The higher you go the colder it is. After a certain point it’s too cold and dry for trees. Go high enough and you will get glaciers.

50
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What is a tropical rainforest?

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It is a warm moist forest biome. There are trees like mangrove swamps.

51
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Why does Asia have so many biomes?

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Because it stretches from above the Arctic Circle to below the Equator and mountain ranges mean different zones and biomes.

52
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What is the furthest north biome?

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Tundra

53
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Where are you most likely to find a large flock of sheep?

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Steppe

54
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Temperate

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Not too hot or too cold.

55
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Tree line

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The line of altitude above which trees grow.

56
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Coniferous

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Trees that produce cones and needles called, Coniferous-evergreen trees.

57
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Mangrove

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Trees that grow in salty swamps along the coast.

58
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Permafrost

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The land under the surface that is frozen solid in the Tundra.

59
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Deciduous

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Describes trees that lose their leaves in the winter.

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