Term 4

Question 1

continental shelf

Answer 1

the area of seabed around a large land mass where the sea is relatively shallow compared to the open ocean

Question 2

continental slope

Answer 2

a slope between the continental shelf and ocean floor

Question 3

Abyssal plain

Answer 3

underwater plain on the deep ocean floor

Question 4

Seamount

Answer 4

Underwater mountain formed by volcanic activity

Question 5

Guyot

Answer 5

isolated underwater volcanic mountain with a flat top

Question 6

Ocean ridge

Answer 6

a seafloor mountain system formed by tectonic plates

Question 7

rift valley

Answer 7

a steep sided valley formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth’s surface between fault systems

Question 8

trench

Answer 8

a long narrow depression in the coean bed, typically running in parallel to plate boundaries and making a subduction zone

Question 9

ocean current

Answer 9

a continuous directed movement of sea water generated by number of forces acting upon the water

Question 10

El nino effects on AUS

Answer 10

reduced rainfall, warmer temperatures, drier climatic conditions, increase frost risk, later monsoon onset, increased fire susceptability in south est Australia, decrease snow coverage

Question 11

Effects of La Nina on AUS

Answer 11

increased rainfall, cooler temperatures, humidity, increased tropical cyclones, ealier monsoon outset, deeper snow cover

Question 12

EEZ

Answer 12

Exclusive economic zone is a sea zone prescribed by the UN which a state has special rights regarding the exloitation and use of marine reosurces.

Question 13

mineral

Answer 13

a solid, naturally occurring inorganic substance

Question 14

OIl and gas

Answer 14

viscous liquid derived from eptroleum, gas is a compressed gas that consists of flammable hydrocarbons

Question 15

develeopment

Answer 15

improvement in a countrys economic and social conditions

Question 16

characteristics of developing nation

Answer 16

low gnp, low energy consumption, percentage of secondary students, lower access to food, clean water, sanitation, health services, education, employment

Question 17

factors that affect rates of development

Answer 17

internal:
availability of natural resources, population shifts, political forces, biophysical factors
External:
international trade (TNCs), technological change, foreign aid, cultural contact (tourism)

Question 18

factors that affect development

Answer 18

physical: climate, natural resources, location, natural hazards

political factors: trade, corruption/poor management, war

Social:
discrimination, population

Question 19

Aus life expectancy

Answer 19

83

Question 20

Malawi life expectancy

Answer 20

72.4

Question 21

Aus GDP per capita

Answer 21

48,700

Question 22

Malawi GDP per capita

Answer 22

1,500

Question 23

Infant mortality AUS

Answer 23

3 deaths

Question 24

Malawi infant mortality

Answer 24

33.4 deaths

Question 25

AUS populstion under poverty line

Answer 25

13.6%

Question 26

Malawi population below poverty line

Answer 26

51.5%

Question 27

refugee

Answer 27

someibe who has been forced to flee their country because of persecution, war or violence.

Question 28

how many people dont have basic needs

Answer 28

1 billion

Question 29

how many in developing nations

Answer 29

4.4 bilion

Question 30

how many dont have access to clean water

Answer 30

one third

Question 31

how many dont have access to medical facilities

Answer 31

20%

Question 32

how many refugees

Answer 32

26 million

Question 33

stateless people

Answer 33

non a citizen of any country

Question 34

stateless people occur due to

Answer 34

gaps in the system, discrimination, ineffective brith regristration, faulue to grant citisenship when one country succeeds from another or becomes independant, lack of documentation

Question 35

How much of the worlds refugees are children

Answer 35

half