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WorksheetsGeography in the News - Term 3 - Week 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
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
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) Papua New Guinea
b) Philippines
c) New Zealand
d) Indonesia
12.If foot and mouth disease were to enter Australia
which industry would be most affected?
a) Mining industry
b) Livestock industry
c) Wheat industry
d) Tourist industry
13.The opening ceremony for which global sporting
event was held last Thursday in the English city
of Birmingham?
a) Olympic Games
b) World Athletics Championship
c) Commonwealth Games
d) Invictus Games
14. By the late 18th century Birmingham had
become recognised as the world’s first of what
type of urban centre?
a) Manufacturing town
b) University town
c) Democratic town
d) Farming town
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) Apennines
b) Alps
c) Urals
d) Caucasus
16. Read number 16 on the image. The answer requires two words.
(a)
17. Read number 17 on the image. The answer requires one word.
(a)
18. Read number 18 on the image. The answer requires one word.
(a)
19. Read number 19 on the image. The answer requires one word.
(a)
20. Read number 20 on the image. The answer requires one word.
(a)
