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Geography in the News - Term 3 - Week 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which Western Australian port city has been

included in Time Magazine’s top 50 global travel

destinations for 2022?

a)

a) Fremantle

b)

b) Kalgoorlie

c)

c) Port Hedland

d)

d) Kununurra

2.

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)

a) Cairns

b)

b) Winton

c)

c) Mt. Isa

d)

d) Gladstone

3.

3. What is the diet of herbivorous animals

composed of?

a)

a) Meat

b)

b) Meat and plants

c)

c) Plants

d)

d) Meat and fish

4.

4. From January 2023 day visitors to which Italian

city famous for its canals are to pay a levy to

enter the city?

a)

a) Rome

b)

b) Florence

c)

c) Milan

d)

d) Venice

5.

5. What is the overarching problem that the day levy

for this Italian city is meant to address?

a)

a) Overtourism

b)

b) Climate change

c)

c) Environmental damage

d)

d) Deterioration of canal’s water quality

6.

6. An outbreak of varoa mite disease in the bee

population of which Australian state is threatening

commercial cropping in Eastern Australia?

a)

a) Queensland

b)

b) New South Wales

c)

c) Victoria

d)

d) South Australia

7.

7. Why are bees important to crop growing?

a)

a) Pollinate crops

b)

b) Source of honey

c)

c) Reduce population of other insects

d)

d) Eat weeds

8.

8. Which national park in California was threatened

last week by an out of control wildfire?

a)

a) Yosemite National Park

b)

b) Everglades National Park

c)

c) Glacier National Park

d)

d) Grand Canyon National Park

9.

9. Twenty people were killed by lightning

strikes last Wednesday in the state of Bihar in

which country, the largest in South Asia?

a)

a) Pakistan

b)

b) Sri Lanka

c)

c) Bangladesh

d)

d) India

10.

10.The geographical position of the state makes it

particularly susceptible to frequent lightning

strikes during which seasonal weather events?

a)

a) Cold fronts

b)

b) Warm fronts

c)

c) Monsoons

d)

d) Tropical cyclones

11.

11.The Australian government has increased

biosecurity controls at airports around the country

to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease

(FMD) from which near neighbour?

a)

a) Papua New Guinea

b)

b) Philippines

c)

c) New Zealand

d)

d) Indonesia

12.

12.If foot and mouth disease were to enter Australia

which industry would be most affected?

a)

a) Mining industry

b)

b) Livestock industry

c)

c) Wheat industry

d)

d) Tourist industry

13.

13.The opening ceremony for which global sporting

event was held last Thursday in the English city

of Birmingham?

a)

a) Olympic Games

b)

b) World Athletics Championship

c)

c) Commonwealth Games

d)

d) Invictus Games

14.

14. By the late 18th century Birmingham had

become recognised as the world’s first of what

type of urban centre?

a)

a) Manufacturing town

b)

b) University town

c)

c) Democratic town

d)

d) Farming town

15.

15.Glaciers in which European mountain range are

on track to melt more this year than in any since

records began because of exceptionally hot and

dry weather?

a)

a) Apennines

b)

b) Alps

c)

c) Urals

d)

d) Caucasus

16.

16. Read number 16 on the image. The answer requires two words.

(a)  

17.

17. Read number 17 on the image. The answer requires one word.

(a)  

18.

18. Read number 18 on the image. The answer requires one word.

(a)  

19.

19. Read number 19 on the image. The answer requires one word.

(a)  

20.

20. Read number 20 on the image. The answer requires one word.

(a)