YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY REVISION

348 mtrs high, sandstone, red- oxidation/rusting, World Heritage listed, monolith, Anangu people, indigenous culture

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks, changes in temperature, physical, chemical, biological, heat, ice, plants, animals

What major landform is in the centre of the Great Western Plataeu?

Evacuation strategies, emergency shelter, knowledge of hospitals/ police, food supplies and education is a what factor?

Negative impacts on Kakadu : 200 leaks/spills, 30 million tonnes of liquid radioactive waste, water contamination

Long strip of land beside Coastal lowlands of East Oz, not as narrow, from Cape York in Nth Qld to NSW and Vic, GD Range

Non-First Nations tourists do not want to learn about the culture, value, history as part of tourism

Process when material being transported is added to a landform/landscape, deposited materials forms a new landform

Tiltmeters, satellites, detecting changes in volcanoes, gas levels, thermal heat sensors and seismometers are a what ?

Non-first nations people value the monolith for the red colours, the size and shape and it being the largest monolith

The cultural significance for first nations people includes ceremonies, traditions, birthing caves, Mala story, cave art

Wide area, between Great Western Plateau & Eastern Highlands, NW of Qld to NSW and Victorian coast, flat, desert ranges

Narrow strip covering coastlines, includes the 12 Apostles, does not include areas in SA or coast in Gulf of Carpentaria

Environmentalists do NOT consider using First Nations knowledge to manage, protect, conserve and maintain the aesthetics

What major landform is Kakadu National park in?

Breaking down rock fragments, soil, mineral particles and moved to a new location by wind, water, rivers, ice

Effects of an earthquake (built environment) does NOT include: damage to buildings, business, homes, landmarks, bridges

Negative impacts on Kakadu have NOT impacted on the Mirrar people, contaminating water - causing health issues (cancer)

Non-First Nations people have a spiritual connection with Uluru

Created by folding/ faulting, 3500 klms, 5th longest mountain, plateaus and low mountain ranges, watershed of eastern Oz

Between Coastal and Central lowlands, 2/3s of Oz, Western Aus, NT and SA, mostly desert, relatively flat

Effects of an earthquake (natural environment) : vegetation, habitat destruction, water contamination, liquefaction

Earth's crust is split into tectonic plates, heat causes plates to move, magma can occur, folding/faulting, converging

The largest sand island in the world, rainforests, mangroves, woodlands, swamps, freshwater, 122 km, Butchulla people

First Nations people want to educate and inform tourists of the history, value and how to respect the land and culture

What major landform is the Twelve Apostles located?

First Nations - spiritual connection with Uluru due to the sacred site, being part of Dreaming and ancestral beings

Inhabited for 40 000 years, tidal flats, flood plains, waterfalls, flora/ fauna species, cave paintings, rock carvings

Dropping bombs on lava flow, cost of education, sea water blasting, recovery plan, zone building is a what factor?

The cultural significance for non-first nations is European claim, Ayre's Rock, colonisation, ownership