Geography in the News - Term 3 - Week 3

1. Which Western Australian port city has been

included in Time Magazine’s top 50 global travel

destinations for 2022?

• a) Fremantle

• b) Kalgoorlie

• c) Port Hedland

• d) Kununurra

2. Scientists have unearthed a set of teeth from a

giant herbivorous dinosaur in an "exceptionally

rare" find near which outback Queensland town

famous for its dinosaur fossils and the birthplace

of QANTAS?

• a) Cairns

• b) Winton

• c) Mt. Isa

• d) Gladstone

3. What is the diet of herbivorous animals

composed of?

• a) Meat

• b) Meat and plants

• c) Plants

• d) Meat and fish

4. From January 2023 day visitors to which Italian

city famous for its canals are to pay a levy to

enter the city?

• a) Rome

• b) Florence

• c) Milan

• d) Venice

5. What is the overarching problem that the day levy

for this Italian city is meant to address?

• a) Overtourism

• b) Climate change

• c) Environmental damage

• d) Deterioration of canal’s water quality

6. An outbreak of varoa mite disease in the bee

population of which Australian state is threatening

commercial cropping in Eastern Australia?

• a) Queensland

• b) New South Wales

• c) Victoria

• d) South Australia

7. Why are bees important to crop growing?

• a) Pollinate crops

• b) Source of honey

• c) Reduce population of other insects

• d) Eat weeds

8. Which national park in California was threatened

last week by an out of control wildfire?

• a) Yosemite National Park

• b) Everglades National Park

• c) Glacier National Park

• d) Grand Canyon National Park

9. Twenty people were killed by lightning

strikes last Wednesday in the state of Bihar in

which country, the largest in South Asia?

• a) Pakistan

• b) Sri Lanka

• c) Bangladesh

• d) India

10.The geographical position of the state makes it

particularly susceptible to frequent lightning

strikes during which seasonal weather events?

• a) Cold fronts

• b) Warm fronts

• c) Monsoons

• d) Tropical cyclones