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WorksheetsGeography in the News - Term 3 - Week 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
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
11.China has begun military exercises in the seas
around which island in the South China Sea
following the visit of top US politician Nancy
Pelosi?
a) Bali
b) Taiwan
c) Hainan
d) Okinawa
12.Debris from a Space X capsule has fallen to earth
in farmland in which southern NSW mountain
range?
a) Snowy Mountains
b) Blue Mountains
c) Mount Lofty Ranges
d) McDonnell Ranges
13. New research shows that PFAS* used in
non-stick pans, fire-fighting foam and water-
repellent clothes are found in what element of
the water cycle in most global locations?
a) Groundwater
b) Rainwater
c) Evaporated water
d) Ice
14. Last month the Hajj pilgrimage to which Islamic
holy city was nearly back to normal for the first
time since the Covid pandemic started?
a) Jerusalem
b) Riyadh
c) Mecca
d) Baghdad
15.Despite the ongoing conflict, Russia has agreed
to allow ships from the port of Odessa on which
sea to export grain from Ukraine to alleviate
food shortages in some countries?
a) Black Sea
b) Red Sea
c) Mediterranean Sea
d) Tyrrhenian Sea
16. Read number 16 on the image. The answer requires one word.
Starts with C.
(a)
17. Read number 17 on the image. The answer requires 3 letters that stand for the long name of the nation.
Starts with U.
(a)
18. Read number 18 on the image. The answer requires one word.
Starts with R.
(a)
19. Read number 19 on the image. The answer requires one word.
Starts with C.
(a)
20. Read number 20 on the image. The answer requires one word.
Starts with F.
(a)
