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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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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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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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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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Describe the rain the Cape Town

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Cape Town has warm dry summers and cold wet winters

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What rainfall does Johannesburg cup

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Johannesburg has rain in summer

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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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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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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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What grows in a forest

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Moss
Ferns
evergreen trees

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Describe the climate in Fynboss areas

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Hot dry summers
Cold wet winters

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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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Describe the climate in Grasslands

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Frost in winter and summer thunderstorms

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What grows in grasslands

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Woody trees
shortgrass
small flowering plants
umbrella trees

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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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What grows in the Nama Karoo ?

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Shrubs
grasses
Thorn trees

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Describe the climate in the savanna
Summer thunderstorms cold winters with frost
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What Grows in the savanna
Grasses trees shrubs Boabab trees
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Describe the climate in the succulent Karoo
Very hot Summers Very dry summers Little rain in winter no frost
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Which plants grow in the succulent Karoo
Succulent plants that store water trees have Whitebark to reflect the heat aloes
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What is the Savannah
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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What happens in the Savannah during the wetsummers
It gets hot and very humid in the afternoon is the rain pours down for hours
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Describe at the Savannah looks like
A rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees which cover more than a third of SA
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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
In the summer it can rain for hours in the afternoon so I would rather go in the morning
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What is the difference between a Grazer and a browser
Grazers are animals whoeat the grass browsers are animals who eat the leaves of trees
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Write down three ways in which the Grasses Of the Savannah specialised for survival
They are too bitter for some animals They have bulbs They grow from the bottom up
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What is migration
Seasonal movement of animals from one place to another
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Why do animals of the savanna raise their young in burrows underground
-To avoid the heat -So that the Hawks and the Eagles can’t hurt the young
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What does does renewable resource mean
Renewable resource is a resource which is replace Naturally and can be used again e.g. wind
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What does nonrenewable resource mean
Can be used up and cannot be replaced
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Give two examples of mineral resources
Gold and iron
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Name four things gold is used for
Jewellery dentistry coins medals
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Name two things the copper is used for
Used for pipes to carry water used in electrical wiring
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Name four things that Platinum is used for
Electric industries car industries Jewellery metal used to make disc Drives for computers
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Name two things the diamonds are used for
Cutting machines jewellery
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Name two things that magnesium is used for
To harden steel and make it stronger to colour glass
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Two things chrome is used for
Making other metals shiny parts of machines
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Name four things that iron is used for
Buildings vehicles machines making other metals
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Name two things silver is used for
Jewellery trophies
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Which minerals are used to make jewellery
Gold silver platinum diamonds
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Which minerals are used to strengthen steel
magnesium
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What mineral is used for cutting
Diamonds
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What minerals used for electrical wiring
Copper
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Name three steps and how coal is formed
1. before the dinosaurs many giant plants died in swamps 2.Over millions of years the plants was buried under water and dirt 3. Heat and pressure turn the dead plants into Coal
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What do we use Coal for
1.Electricity 2.to make petrol and plastics 3.used in manufacturing
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Why is Coal not a mineral
Coal is formed from the remains of plants , it is therefore not a mineral
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Why is Coal not a Mineral
Coal formed from the remains of plants , it is therefore not a mineral
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Is coal a renewable or a nonrenewable resource
NonRenewable
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Which minerals of mined in your province
None
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Which minerals and mined in the free State
Gold
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Which provinces have no minerals
The Western province in the Eastern Cape
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Which province has the most coal
Mapumalanga
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Where was the first diamond discovered and when
The first diamond was discovered in South Africa on the farm near Kimberley in 1866
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Another word for Gauteng is
Egoli
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What is another word for Gauteng
Egoli
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What does egoli mean
Place of gold
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What does egoli mean
Place of gold
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What does egoli mean
Place of gold
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Name the mineral dug out of Kimberly hole
Diamond
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Name three tools early miners used
Dynamite Drills Water
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Is a diamond a nonrenewable resource or a renewable resource Say why
Non renewable When they are used up there is no more
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What pollution does mining cause
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
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What does open pit mining create What happens
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
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Name 4 challenges in mining
High temperature No fresh air lots of pressure on tunnel roof Dust in air
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What can High temperature in the mines do to you and how do you solve that
It can give you heatstroke You can get a very good cooling system or spray water on hot rocks
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What can No fresh air in the mines do to you and how do you solve that
You can get a lung disease You can get very good ventilation in
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What can Lots of pressure tunnel roof in the mines do to you and how do you solve that
Rockfalls can happen You can put strong props in the tunnel and give protective gear to the miners
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What can Dust in the air in the mines do to you and how do you solve that
It can give you a lung disease You can spray water on the rocks
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Is coal a mineral
No

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