1. a) The Australasians and another tectonic plate rubbed against each other under NZ and so an earthquake was created.
b) Christchurch
c) So far there have been 200 people reported dead and there have been 150 people injured
d) Most of Christchurch's city has been destroyed with with houses, buildings, shop and other places such as parks and churches have been destroyed
e) The current concerns are for water, food and shelter for people who have lost their homes in the earthquake and also finding any survivors from the quake.
f) My reactions to the event are amazed that NZ would be hit with such a powerful earthquake as I had never heard of earthquakes in NZ. I am also worried on how long it will take for the recovery period of the earthquake.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
1.5 Questions: Australia's Major Landforms
1. Western Plateau, Central Lowlands, Eastern Highlands
2. They stretch from the Brindabella Range to the Baw Baw Range.
3. Because they erosion of water have rounded the mountains.
4. 335 kilometers South-West of Alice Springs in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
5. Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock is located in the Nothern Territory. It is land owned by the Aboriginals and is a sacred place. The gigantic rock was formed 300 million years ago when the water receded rocks were folded and tilted nearly 90 degrees to their current position forming Uluru. One amazing feature of Uluru is that it appears to change colour throughout the day.
6. This is because the sun's rays pass through the atmosphere.
7. It is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.
8. Murray-Darling Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin
9. Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee
10. Goes to evaporation
11. It only flows a few days each year and is thought to be one of the oldest river beds in the world.
12. Flows for 125km from Cheyne Range to the Gordon River in the state of Tasmania. From the "Battle to Save the Franklin" rescued it from damning for hydro-electric power in the 1980s.
13. The High Court of Australia ruling that gave the Commonwealth power over the states and territories to protect nationally important environments.
14. I believe that the control of the water in the Murray-Darling Basin should be controlled by the Australian Government as they know the best ways of distributing water to the states. But many human impacts on the Murray river have made the Basin unclean and polluted. This has to be stopped and something must be done by the Government in order to have safe and cleaner water.
15. a) Western Plateau: Much of the Western Plateau is desert with mountains and ranges.
Central Lowlands: The central lowlands is also mostly covered in desert with a few ranges as well.
Easter Highlands: The eastern highlands has the Great Dividing Range, many rivers flowing through it and the area if filled with bushland.
b) i: Western Plateau
ii: Western Plateau
iii: Central Lowlands
iv: Eastern Highlands
v: Western Plateau
c) Musgrave Ranges is the highest point between Shark Bay and Maroochydore and the Simpson Desert is the lowest point between the two places.
d) i: Below sea level
ii: 200-500m
iii: 500-1000m
16. a) Finke
b)
c)
2. They stretch from the Brindabella Range to the Baw Baw Range.
3. Because they erosion of water have rounded the mountains.
4. 335 kilometers South-West of Alice Springs in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
5. Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock is located in the Nothern Territory. It is land owned by the Aboriginals and is a sacred place. The gigantic rock was formed 300 million years ago when the water receded rocks were folded and tilted nearly 90 degrees to their current position forming Uluru. One amazing feature of Uluru is that it appears to change colour throughout the day.
6. This is because the sun's rays pass through the atmosphere.
7. It is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries.
8. Murray-Darling Basin and the Lake Eyre Basin
9. Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee
10. Goes to evaporation
11. It only flows a few days each year and is thought to be one of the oldest river beds in the world.
12. Flows for 125km from Cheyne Range to the Gordon River in the state of Tasmania. From the "Battle to Save the Franklin" rescued it from damning for hydro-electric power in the 1980s.
13. The High Court of Australia ruling that gave the Commonwealth power over the states and territories to protect nationally important environments.
14. I believe that the control of the water in the Murray-Darling Basin should be controlled by the Australian Government as they know the best ways of distributing water to the states. But many human impacts on the Murray river have made the Basin unclean and polluted. This has to be stopped and something must be done by the Government in order to have safe and cleaner water.
15. a) Western Plateau: Much of the Western Plateau is desert with mountains and ranges.
Central Lowlands: The central lowlands is also mostly covered in desert with a few ranges as well.
Easter Highlands: The eastern highlands has the Great Dividing Range, many rivers flowing through it and the area if filled with bushland.
b) i: Western Plateau
ii: Western Plateau
iii: Central Lowlands
iv: Eastern Highlands
v: Western Plateau
c) Musgrave Ranges is the highest point between Shark Bay and Maroochydore and the Simpson Desert is the lowest point between the two places.
d) i: Below sea level
ii: 200-500m
iii: 500-1000m
16. a) Finke
b)
c)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
1.4 Questions: Geographical Perspective on the Origins of Australia
1. The movement of the Earth's continents.
2. Convection Currents
3. Rodinia
4.750 million years ago
5. South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, Australia
6. 5cm per year
7. Less than 1 million years old
8. Water
9. Study of landforms.
10. Studies landforms to determine the process that form and transform them
2. Convection Currents
3. Rodinia
4.750 million years ago
5. South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, Australia
6. 5cm per year
7. Less than 1 million years old
8. Water
9. Study of landforms.
10. Studies landforms to determine the process that form and transform them
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Advantages and Disadvantages of Australia's Large Coastline and EEZ
Advantages:
We have more unique and beautiful aquatic flora and fauna.
Australia has amazing resources such as the Great Barrier Reef.
We are able to see in coming problems such as Japanese whaling boats and Asylum seekers.
Australia overall controls more land.
Brings more tourists to Australia to see our aquatic life.
Disadvantages-
There is more area to maintain and look after.
Problems such as Japanese whaling occurs more frequently.
EEZ need to be maintained and probably looked after.
More chance of oil spillages at sea affecting our aquatic flora and fauna as we have such a large proportion of marine life.
The EEZ are very far away and can be hard to get to if weather is bad.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Geography Vocab
Geography Vocabulary: Australia - A Unique Continent
Batholith- A volcanic formation caused by magma welling up and solidifying before it reaches the surface
Catchment- An area drained by a river and its tributaries
Dreamtime- The time in Aboriginal belief systems when all living things and the environment were created
Epicormic- A shoot from a dormant bud
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)- The area 200 nautical miles from the coastline over which a country has control of the resources
Geomorphologist- A geographer who studies the formation of landforms
Hemisphere- Half of the Earth( the Northern and Southern hemispheres are divided by the Equator, the Eastern and Western hemispheres are divided by the Prime Meridian)
Isobar- Lines on a synoptic chart that join places of equal air pressure
Latitude- The distance north or south of the Equator measured in degrees
Lignotubers- Starchy swellings that contain dormant buds
Longitude- The distance east or west of the prime Meridian measured in degrees
Lunette- A crescent-shaped dune composed of sand and clay sediments
Mallee- A vegetation community found in Australia's semi-arid zone
Metamorphic- A type of rock changed by great heat and pressure
Sclerophyll- A plant with thick leathery leaves
Sedimentary- A type of rock formed from sediments that was laid down in layers and then compressed
Tectonic forces- Movements causing deformation of the Earth's crust
watershed
Xerophyte- A type of -plant adapted to drought
1.2
Population density- The amount of people in a certain area eg. Australia
1.4
Continental drift- The movement of the Earth's continents.
Convection currents- Currents in the Earth's interior causing the tectonic plates to move
Glaciation- To cover or become covered with glaciers or masses or ice
1.5
Central Lowlands- Physical features in parts of VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, NT
Eastern Highlands- Physical features in parts QLD, NSW, VIC
Western Plateau - Physical features in parts of WA, SA, NT, QLD
1.6
El Nino- The normal circulation pattern in the Pacific Ocean brings rain to Australia.In an El Nino year the circulation reverses and South America receives the rain while Australia remains dry.
La Nina- Drought occurs in South America and high rainfall occurs in Eastern Australia.
Euclypts- Native Australian trees that have tall and strong branches where the leaves do not fall off in autumn and can be used for medical purposes.
1.7
Biodiversity- Diversity among and within plant and animals species in an environment
Fauna- Another word for animals used by the Aboriginal
Flora-Another word for plants used by Aboriginal
Montoremes-Egg-laying mammals.
1.8
Cresent-shaped dunes- Sand dunes in the shape of crescents.
Diprotodon- An extinct megafauna found at Willandra Lakes.
Megafauna- Large animals that can be seen with the unaided eye.
Thylacine- Another name for the extinct Tasmanian tiger
1.9
Epheremals- plants that complete their life cycle very quickly when the rain comes, and leave large quantities of seeds lying dormant until the next rain.Epicormic- Growing from a dormant or adventitious budTranspiration- The passage of water through the body of the plants from its roots.
1.10
Acidification- To turn something into acid.
Aquaculture- The cultivation of aquatic animals and plants.
Non-renewable- Things that take thousand or millions of years to form and can't be reproduced during our lifetime.
Salinity-Containing, or resembling common table salt; salty orsaltlikeSilviculture-The cultivation of forest trees; forestry.sustainable- Resources that are able to be reformed in our lifetime and able to be uses over and over again.
World Heritage- Resources of great significance on a national and global scale
Batholith- A volcanic formation caused by magma welling up and solidifying before it reaches the surface
Catchment- An area drained by a river and its tributaries
Dreamtime- The time in Aboriginal belief systems when all living things and the environment were created
Epicormic- A shoot from a dormant bud
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)- The area 200 nautical miles from the coastline over which a country has control of the resources
Geomorphologist- A geographer who studies the formation of landforms
Hemisphere- Half of the Earth( the Northern and Southern hemispheres are divided by the Equator, the Eastern and Western hemispheres are divided by the Prime Meridian)
Isobar- Lines on a synoptic chart that join places of equal air pressure
Latitude- The distance north or south of the Equator measured in degrees
Lignotubers- Starchy swellings that contain dormant buds
Longitude- The distance east or west of the prime Meridian measured in degrees
Lunette- A crescent-shaped dune composed of sand and clay sediments
Mallee- A vegetation community found in Australia's semi-arid zone
Metamorphic- A type of rock changed by great heat and pressure
Sclerophyll- A plant with thick leathery leaves
Sedimentary- A type of rock formed from sediments that was laid down in layers and then compressed
Tectonic forces- Movements causing deformation of the Earth's crust
watershed
Xerophyte- A type of -plant adapted to drought
1.2
Population density- The amount of people in a certain area eg. Australia
1.4
Continental drift- The movement of the Earth's continents.
Convection currents- Currents in the Earth's interior causing the tectonic plates to move
Glaciation- To cover or become covered with glaciers or masses or ice
1.5
Central Lowlands- Physical features in parts of VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, NT
Eastern Highlands- Physical features in parts QLD, NSW, VIC
Western Plateau - Physical features in parts of WA, SA, NT, QLD
1.6
El Nino- The normal circulation pattern in the Pacific Ocean brings rain to Australia.In an El Nino year the circulation reverses and South America receives the rain while Australia remains dry.
La Nina- Drought occurs in South America and high rainfall occurs in Eastern Australia.
Euclypts- Native Australian trees that have tall and strong branches where the leaves do not fall off in autumn and can be used for medical purposes.
1.7
Biodiversity- Diversity among and within plant and animals species in an environment
Fauna- Another word for animals used by the Aboriginal
Flora-Another word for plants used by Aboriginal
Montoremes-Egg-laying mammals.
1.8
Cresent-shaped dunes- Sand dunes in the shape of crescents.
Diprotodon- An extinct megafauna found at Willandra Lakes.
Megafauna- Large animals that can be seen with the unaided eye.
Thylacine- Another name for the extinct Tasmanian tiger
1.9
Epheremals- plants that complete their life cycle very quickly when the rain comes, and leave large quantities of seeds lying dormant until the next rain.Epicormic- Growing from a dormant or adventitious budTranspiration- The passage of water through the body of the plants from its roots.
1.10
Acidification- To turn something into acid.
Aquaculture- The cultivation of aquatic animals and plants.
Non-renewable- Things that take thousand or millions of years to form and can't be reproduced during our lifetime.
Salinity-Containing, or resembling common table salt; salty orsaltlikeSilviculture-The cultivation of forest trees; forestry.sustainable- Resources that are able to be reformed in our lifetime and able to be uses over and over again.
World Heritage- Resources of great significance on a national and global scale
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