GEOGRAPHY

Question 1

Climate change

Answer 1

changes in long term temperature and rainfall

Question 2

Quaternary period

Answer 2

last 2.6 million years ,the last ice age

Question 3

Glacial period

Answer 3

cooler than average temperatures

Question 4

Inter glacial period

Answer 4

warmer than average temperature

Question 5

Global warming

Answer 5

Increase in global average temperature

Question 6

Environmental refugees

Answer 6

People who have to move due to climate change

Question 7

Ice cores

Answer 7

Provide data for the past 800,000 years

Question 8

Human causes of climate change

Answer 8

Burning fossil fuels, Deforestation, Cattle farming

Question 9

Natural causes for climate change

Answer 9

Sunspots, Orbital theory,Volcanic eruptions

Question 10

MWP impacts

Answer 10

Drought in California, Wine grapes grown in northern England

Question 11

LIA impacts

Answer 11

Food prices increased, Fish migrated further south

Question 12

Polar region in south

Answer 12

Antartic

Question 13

Polar region in north

Answer 13

Artic

Question 14

Latitude of polar regions

Answer 14

60-90degrees

Question 15

4 Layers of earth

Answer 15

Crust, Mantle, Inner core, Outer core

Question 16

Focus

Answer 16

The point where the rock moves

Question 17

Epicenter

Answer 17

Directly above the focus on the earths surface

Question 18

Tropical storms

Answer 18

Typhoons, Cyclones, Hurricanes

Question 19

Super volcanoes

Answer 19

240 cubic miles of material or VEI 8

Question 20

Composite volcanoes

Answer 20

Steep sided cone shape, sticky lava, violent eruptions, ash, hot gases

Question 21

Shield volcanoes

Answer 21

Gently sloping sides, gentler eruptions, runny lava,
occur at constructive margins

Question 22

What is used to measure earthquakes?

Answer 22

Seismometer

Question 23

Scale earthquakes are measured on

Answer 23

Richter scale

Question 24

Which direction does winds blow in?

Answer 24

West to East

Question 25

Were does warm water move to?

Answer 25

South America

Question 26

Which part receives more rainfall?

Answer 26

South America

Question 27

Which part receives less rainfall?

Answer 27

AUSTRALIA AND ASIA

Question 28

Were is Sahel region?

Answer 28

Northern Africa

Question 29

conservative

Answer 29

Plates slide past each other or along side each other at different speeds . Causes earthquakes

Question 30

constructive

Answer 30

Plates move apart (oceanic) and magma rises Forms new land and volcanoes

Question 31

Destructive

Answer 31

1. Plates move towards each other 2. Oceanic plate moves under the continental plate 3. Oceanic plate melts and magma rises 4. Causes earthquakes and volcanoes

Question 32

Collision

Answer 32

1. Continental plates move towards each other and collide 2. The plates crumple up and form fold mountains