Geography in the News - Term 3 - Week 4

1. The UK Met Office* has revealed that what is

happening to sea levels around the United

Kingdom compared to a century ago?

* Meteorological Office

• a) Increasing at a faster rate

• b) Increasing at a slower rate

• c) Increasing at a constant rate

• d) Decreasing at a constant rate

2. Almost one million people in a suburb of which

Chinese city where the virus began, have been

placed under lockdown due to an outbreak of

Covid-19?

• a) Beijing

• b) Shanghai

• c) Wuhan

• d) Shenzhen

3. Covid-19 is what type of disease?

• a) Vector-borne disease

• b) Hereditary disease

• c) Deficiency disease

• d) Infectious disease

4. What is the study of causes and patterns of

health and disease within a population called?

• a) Geomorphology

• b) Epidemiology

• c) Biogeography

• d) Pedology

5. Which state or territory has announced that no

petrol-driven cars are to be sold in its jurisdiction

after 2035?

• a) ACT (Australian Capital Territory)

• b) New South Wales

• c) Queensland

• d) Northern Territory

6. The Bureau of Meteorology has declared a

negative Indian Ocean dipole* event increasing

the chances of what type of weather over much

of Australia during the rest of winter and spring?

* Negative Indian Ocean dipole makes the waters

warmer off the northwest coast of Australia

• a) Above average rainfall

• b) Below average rainfall

• c) Above average temperatures

• d) Below average temperatures

7. At least 37 people have perished and hundreds

are missing due to flash flooding in which

eastern state of the USA?

• a) Texas

• b) Idaho

• c) Oregon

• d) Kentucky

8. After almost 37 years the final episodes of which

television soap opera have been aired in

Australia?

• a) Home and Away

• b) Neighbours

• c) A Country Practice

• d) Sons and Daughters

9. A geographer would classify television, one form

of media, into which industrial sector?

• a) Primary sector

• b) Secondary sector

• c) Tertiary sector

• d) Quaternary sector

10.Southern Australia was hit by strong winds, heavy

rain and thunderstorms by the passage last week

of what type of three successive weather

systems?

• a) Warm fronts

• b) High pressure systems

• c) Occluded fronts

• d) Cold fronts