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Revision of Unit 3 and 4 ATAR Geography
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1
Tokyo is sited on
Only the Musashino Tableland
Neither the Kanto Plain or the Musashino Tableland
Only the Kanto Plain
the Kanto Plain and Musashino Tableland
2
Topographic maps have a _ scale.
medium
infinite
large
small
3
What % of the methane emitted from the enteric fermentation of ruminant livestock is as farts?
30%
90%
50%
10%
4
The two x $1 billion dollar desalination plants helping Perth adapt to a drying climate are in
Butler and Craigie
Binningup and Kwinana
Kwinana and Joondalup
Lesmurdie and Kalamunda
5
Perth's current strategic urban planning strategy is
the Corridor Plan
Directions 2031 & Beyond
Network City
Perth at 3.5 Million
6
The outer extent or shape of an urban area is called its
site
periphery
situation
external morphology
7
This image is used to illustrate which urban process?
land use competition
agglomeration
inertia
urban sprawl
8
What % of global greenhouse gas emissions come from power generation using fossil fuels?
21.3%
14.0%
11.6%
12.5%
9
Which of the following is the correct latitude/longitude for Perth?
115°52'S 31°57'E
31°57'S 115°52'E
32°52'S 115°57'E
31°57'E 115°52'S
10
The increase in the
proportion
of people living in urban areas is called:
urban consolidation
urban sprawl
urbanisation
urban growth
11
Coral bleaching (such as occurred on the Great Barrier Reef recently) is caused primarily by
sustained warmer ocean temperatures
rising sea levels
glacial meltwater reducing the salinity of the oceans
ocean acidification
12
New urban developments on old industrial sites is called:
greenfield development
blackfield development
redfield development
brownfield development
13
~40% of Perth residents were born overseas.
FALSE
TRUE
14
The type, number and variety of living things within a given environment is
biodiversity
a food web
an ecosystem
a biome
15
The current population of Greater Tokyo is
2.2 million
38 million
36 billion
13 million
16
A 'mega city' has a population in excess of:
8 million
1 million
6 million
10 million
17
The IPCC and COP21 agreement has set a maximum target it wishes to keep global warming below - that is
2°C
0.9°C
5°C
3°C
18
The Doomsday Vault in Norway protects global genetic biodiversity by storing 850,000 samples of
crops
Ken Street
animals
seeds
19
Which of the following is not a key element of the carbon cycle?
respiration
photosynthesis
transpiration
combustion
20
Currently, global deforestation results in the loss of forests at a rate of _ million ha/yr.
16
10
1
27
21
In Australia, Indigenous land management includes
fire-stick farming
Indigenous Protection Areas with Aboriginal rangers
All of these.
the Caring for Country program
22
The production of what product is causing massive deforestation in Indonesia currently?
beef
rice
palm oil
gold
23
Which of the following is not a TOD?
Perth City Link
Subicao
Cockburn
East Perth
24
The IPCC stands for
International Program to address Climate Change
Interested Parties in the Carbon Cycle
Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change
International Parliamentary Climate Council
25
“
A mixed-use community within walking distance of a transit stop & a core commercial area
” is a
POD
TOD
OBD
CBD
26
Which of the following is an endangered or threatened animal from the Swan Coastal Plain?
Carnabys Cockatoo
Chuditch
Western Swamp Tortoise
All of these
27
High rainfall around the equator and low latitudes is due to
Converging trade winds (ITCZ) which creates uplift
Large amounts of heat energy driving evaporation
Warm land surface heats air by conduction creates convection
All of these.
28
Decline in quality of urban buildings & infrastructure due to disuse or lack of maintenance is:
urban blight
urban downfall
urban decay
urban decline
29
The volcano that erupted and caused the 1816 "Year Without A Summer" was
Pinatubo
Lake Toba
Mt Tambora
Krakatao
30
The most populated city in Australia is:
Sydney
Perth
Brisbane
Melbourne
31
By how much have sea levels have risen since 1900?
17mm
22.5cm
50cm
1m
32
Ice cores give palaeo-climatologists proxy records of climate that go back up to
100,000 years
800,000 years
5,000 years
2.58 billion years
33
What is the current population of Perth and the predicted population by 2050?
1.5 million and 4 million
1.9 million and 2.5 million
2.2 million and 3.5 million
2.5 million and 3 million
34
A 3°C increase in global temperatures in the mid-latitudes will shift climate zones
500m higher in altitude
500m closer to the Equator
400km higher in altitude
300-400km higher latitudes
35
The median age of Perth residents is
33
27
46
36
36
Tokyo's three ring road system constructed to address traffic congestion is called the
National Capital Structure
Yamate Tunnel
Circular Megalopolis Structure
Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
37
The uncontrolled, low-density outward growth of an urban area is called
rural-urban migration
urban sprawl
conurbation
urbanisation
38
Sea level rise is caused by
Non of these.
both thermal expansion & additional runoff from melting ice
the thermal expansion of the oceans only
increased runoff from melting glaciers & ice sheets only
39
Which natural processes are responsible for the 100,000 year glacial-interglacial cycles?
volcanic eruptions
Milankovitch (orbital) cycles
Solar output variations
Changes to atmospheric chemistry
40
Lands where the native vegetation is predominantly grasses or shrubs, suitable for grazing.
anthromes
mangroves
rangelands
tropical rainforest