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Question 1

Closely spaced isobars on a synoptic chart usually means?

Accepted Answer

Strong winds

Question 2

Large scale maps show large details (e.g individual houses); have small numbers (1:20,000) and

Accepted Answer

cover small areas

Question 3

Appin has a country town feel; brown and green colours; laid back lifestyles. What is this?

Accepted Answer

Culture of place

Question 4

Humans altered the nutrient cycle in the Daintree after Cyclone Larry by providing what?

Accepted Answer

Food to Cassowaries

Question 5

Mumbai conserves water by providing it to slum residents...?

Accepted Answer

For an hour a day

Question 6

70% of Sydney's future growth will occur in what region?

Accepted Answer

West

Question 7

Management practices such as board and chain paths meet intrageneration ESD criteria by..

Accepted Answer

Allowing people access to the beach

Question 8

High density areas around train lines and shopping centres in Sydney are exampels of?

Accepted Answer

Consolidation

Question 9

How does air move around a High pressure system in the northern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Clockwise out of High

Question 10

Informal settlements such as favelas are built near open water sources leading to?

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Sanitation and health issues

Question 11

Sydney has what type of social structure in the South and Western suburbs?

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Younger, poorer, less employed and educated

Question 12

A solution to traffic congestion in Sao Paulo for the rich is?

Accepted Answer

Helicopters

Question 13

Modern cocoa farming alters ___________ & ___________ by denuding the land & using fertilisers

Accepted Answer

Energy flows & nutrient cycles

Question 14

What direction is Rockhampton from Brisbane?

Accepted Answer

NNW

Question 15

Which symbol represents a cold front?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 16

Coral reefs form due to warm ocean currents.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Appin is home to some who want a quiet life but with links to the city. They are?

Accepted Answer

Exurbanites

Question 18

What percentage of material at point X is clay?

Accepted Answer

15

Question 19

Red, yellow and greens, Asian music and language spoken, distinct arches and tiles. Where am I?

Accepted Answer

Cabramatta

Question 20

What feature is Y?

Accepted Answer

High pressure system

Question 21

An example of economic authority is the control of global flows of money through large?

Accepted Answer

Stock exchanges

Question 22

Cyclone Larry hit the Daintree Rainforest in 2006 as a _________, ___________ stress event

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natural, catastrophic

Question 23

80% of plastic is recycled in Mumbai due to workers in slums like Dharavi.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Wagga is called a Sponge Centre because it soaks up _____& ______ from surrounding small towns

Accepted Answer

people and services

Question 25

Claymore is a site of urban ______, now going through urban renewal processes.

Accepted Answer

Decay

Question 26

Cronulla dunes face damage due to which of the following?

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Beach goers, Invasive species, Residential development, Storms

Question 27

SIGNS asking people to keep off the dunes due to rehabilitation are an example of?

Accepted Answer

Education

Question 28

Sao Paulo doesn't burn gasses eminating from landfill sites to produce energy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

World cities show dominance in the global heirarchy of cities through...

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Trickle down decision making

Question 30

Mega cities have more than how many people?

Accepted Answer

10, 000, 000

Question 31

Rwanda's fertility rate could be described as?

Accepted Answer

High

Question 32

Which ecosystem is represented in the black area of the graph?

Accepted Answer

Rainforests

Question 33

Most cocoa is grown traditionally in farms where?

Accepted Answer

West Africa

Question 34

FENCES keeping people off a dune that is being rehabilitated are an example of?

Accepted Answer

Design

Question 35

Coastal dunes are large accumulations of ?

Accepted Answer

Sand

Question 36

There are two main growth centres in Sydney for new suburban development. Where are they?

Accepted Answer

NW & SW

Question 37

How do ecosystems function?

Accepted Answer

Energy flows & nutrient cycles

Question 38

Cocoa is usually used to make what product (consumed mainly in developed countries)?

Accepted Answer

Chocolate

Question 39

Dominant alpha world cities include:

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New York, Tokyo and London

Question 40

If you travel 30km at 50km an hour, it would take you 36 minutes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

A social issue of cocoa production is labour exploitation best demosntrated through?

Accepted Answer

Child slavery

Question 42

Rhodes, Pyrmont and Barangaroo and three examples of sites in Sydney of?

Accepted Answer

Renewal

Question 43

The Rhodes peninsula went through a process of ________ as a part of the renewal process.

Accepted Answer

Remediation

Question 44

Megacities such as Mumbai have large slum populations due to rapid..

Accepted Answer

rural-urban migration

Question 45

Which is more likely to be a sustainable development option?

Accepted Answer

Consolidation

Question 46

What approximate percentage represents energy sources from oil and coal?

Accepted Answer

63%

Question 47

Ecotourism attracts many tourists to the Daintree due to its unique flroa and fauna. This is?

Accepted Answer

Intrinsic value

Question 48

Middens show Aboriginal groups what not to eat (because someone already has) this helps with?

Accepted Answer

maintaining biodiversity, intergenerational access

Question 49

Cocoa is grown in similar regions to which type of ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Rainforests

Question 50

What is the general latitudinal band for subtropical deserts?

Accepted Answer

15° to 30° N & S

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