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Year 8 Revision quiz 3
Why are wetlands important?
What were the wetlands origanlly called?
Year 8 Revision quiz 3
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SHEEPT and Wetlands Carrum
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What were the wetlands origanlly called?
The Edithvale Swamp
Currum Currum Swamp
Currum swamp
Seaford Wetlands
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Why are wetlands important?
reduce the impact of floods
all of the above
absorbs pollutants and improves water quality
provides food, water and shelter for different species
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What does the H in SHEEPT stand for?
His story
Histogram
History
Historical
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What convention are the wetlands listed under?
Bird Convention
Wetland Convention
Ramsar Convention
Water Convention
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In the acronym SHEEPT, what does the P represent?
Political
Psychological
Pattern
Physical
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What does the S in SHEEPT stand for?
Same
Sand
Social
Society
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What does the T in SHEEPT stand for?
Tech
Tradies
Technological
Technology
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In SHEEPT, What does the S stand for?
Sustainable
Scale
Shore
Social
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Edithvale/Seaford and Lake Borrie Wetlands are listed sites in the Ramsar Convention. 'Ramsar' comes from...
The town in Iran where the Ramsar Convention was signed in 1971
Lewis Ramsar, a world famous ornithologist
A migratory bird species that visits both sites
A high end brand of bird watching binoculars
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What do we apply SHEEPT to?
A thing
A location
Anything we want
A person
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What is SHEEPT
Social Historical Environment Economic Political Technology
Social Humans Economic Political Technology
Social Historical Political Technology
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True or False. SHEEPT stands for different reasons people may live in a particular place.
True
False
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What are the SHEEPT factors?
Sheep that do not contribute to poverty
Social Historical Economic Environment Political Technology
Social, Historical, Economic, Political, Technology
Social, Economic, Environmental, Political, Technology
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What are the threats faced by wetlands?
Over grazing by kangaroos
introduced species e.g. foxes and cats
Urbanisation and pollution
all of the above
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How many species of birds are living at the wetlands?
50
190
1,000
38
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In the acronym SHEEPT, what does the T represent?
Territory
Technological
Tertiary
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there are over 18,000 wetlands larger than 1ha in Victoria
true
false
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What effects does industrialisation have on wetlands?
wetlands are unable to be replenished
loss of habitat
all of the above
Pollution from chemical run off
