Geography in the News - Term 2 - Week 1

1. The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was won by

Australia who were undefeated throughout the

tournament and beat which country in the final?

• a) West Indies

• b) India

• c) New Zealand

• d) England

2. Which world famous Sydney beach disappeared

under huge waves generated by two low

pressure systems in the Tasman Sea?

• a) Cottesloe Beach

• b) St. Kilda Beach

• c) Bondi Beach

• d) Cronulla Beach

3. What types of waves result in the removal of

sand from a beach?

• a) Waves of destruction

• b) Waves of translation

• c) Waves of construction

• d) Waves of refraction

4. Pressure is on authorities to bring back heritage

trams to which state capital which was the first to

install a fully electric tram network in 1893?

• a) Melbourne

• b) Hobart

• c) Adelaide

• d) Brisbane

5. With 250 kilometres of track, which Australian

state capital has the world’s largest tram

network?

• a) Brisbane

• b) Perth

• c) Adelaide

• d) Melbourne

6. The latest IPCC* report has said that, to stay

under a rise of how many degrees of global

temperature, carbon emissions from everything

that we do, buy, use or eat must peak by 2025,

and fall rapidly after that, reaching net-zero by the

middle of this century?

• a) 0.5°C

• b) 1.5°C

• c) 2.5°C

• d) 3.5°C

7. President Volodymyr Zelensky of which Eastern

European country addressed members of the

Australian Parliament via video link last week?

• a) Poland

• b) Romania

• c) Ukraine

• d) Belarus

8. Two people perished and two others were injured

in a landslide while bushwalking in which

mountains to the west of Sydney?

• a) Blue Mountains

• b) Grampians

• c) Glasshouse Mountains

• d) Mount Lofty Ranges

9. Which carmaker specialising in electric

vehicles (EV’s) has delivered a record 310,000 in

the last 3 months, 70% more than for the same

period last year?

• a) Toyota

• b) Volta

• c) Tesla

• d) Volkswagen

10.The remains of “Mungo Man”, the oldest found in

Australia and the first recorded evidence of a

ceremonial burial, are to be reburied in which

world heritage site in far western NSW?

• a) Greater Blue Mountains

• b) Purnululu National Park

• c) Gondwana Rainforests

• d) Willandra Lakes