Year 8 HASS Term 3

Which of the following is the definition for Landforms

• the visible appearance of an area.

• features that make up the earths surface.

• large area formed by man.

Which are the correct seven themes of geography?

• Place, Space, Environment, Interconnection, Sustainability, Scale, Change.

• People, Size, Environment, interchangeable, Sustainability, Scale, Change

• Interconnection, Scale, Place, Channel, Size, Enclosure, Suitability

When you are reading a map in geography do you read the Eastings or Northings first?

• Eastings (x axis)

• Northings (y axis)

Why are the vertical lines of grid references called eastings?

• After the man who designed the map

• because they increased in value as you travel east.

• because we are reading them in the east coast of Australia

• because they are on the bottom

Name 4 types of landscapes.

• Coastal

• Alpine

• Rural

• Urban

• Frank

Which of the following are features of the Bungle Bungles?

• sandstone

• weathered by erosion

• beehive in shape

• found in Queensland

• On the coast

Which of the following are features of the Spencer Gulf?

• Found in Northern Territory

• Part of the Australian Bight

• Meeting point of the Mediterranean and Pacific ocean

• The salt content lowest at mouth

• Meeting point of the Indian, Southern and Pacific ocean

What do you call the plates that make up the globe?

• China

• Global

• Tectonic

• Delfin

Which of the following are names of Tectonic plates?

• Pacific

• glass

• Eurasian

• Arabian

• South American

The area that surrounds the pacific ocean is known as the ______ __ _______.

• Hippy hippy shake

• Ring of fire

• Ring of heat

• Ring of shake