The earthquake in NZ + Work for Wed 2/3

1. Summarize the major points of interest about the earthquake in NZ.

• The earthquake was caused by the two tectonic plates, the ocieanic and pacific plate.
  
• The earthquake occurred about 10 kilometers out from the centre cathedral in the centre of the city of Christchurch
  
• so far they have confirmed about 35 casualties
  
• Major damage has occurrence across Christchurch, most of the cathedrals and traditional building that are not earthquake ready and have no support as they are really old.
  
• The current concerns at the moment are that some of the old buildings that have fallen down are reinforced with asbestos are going to cause lungs problems, and also in the buildings that do have large gas bottles that may explode and cause fierce fires.
  
• Everyone has different personal reactions towards these massive events. I for one feel lucky that we don't tend to get these sorts of natural disasters, even though new Zealand is fairly close in comparison to other countries, and as a neighboring country they seem to get allot more disaster causing events. I feel sense of sorrow for the people who have lost their lives, or for those whom have lost family members, and in such a dramatic way.

1.4

1. What is continental drift?

• Continental drift is the gradual movement and formation of continents.

2. what name is given to the processes associated with the plate movements?

• Convection currents

3. what is the name of the super continent that existed over one billion years ago?

• Rodina

4. when did pangea exist? 

• About 750 million years ago

5. which present-day continents were part of Gondwana?

• antartica, south america, africa, asia, 

6. At what speeds and what direction is the Australian continent moving?

• Australia moves 1cm every year, and is moving south

7. How old are australias dessert landscapes?

• less than one million years old

8. What is the main agent of erosion in Australia?

• the main agent of erosion in australia is wind

9. What is geomorphology?

• it is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them.

10. What does a geomorphologist do?

• A geomorpologist studies landforms to determain the process that forms and transforms them.

Write a blog post explaining the positive and negative aspects of Australia having a long coastline and large EEZ. (give at least 5 dot points for each advantage/disadvantage)

Advantages: 
     -  One advantage to having a long coastlines is that in can increase the ease of importing and exporting goods.

     -  Another advantage to having a long coastline is that it will attract more tourism from countries that don't have as many beaches.

     -  One advantage to having a large EEZ is that foreign people can't hurt our underwater wildlife, for example, in Australia's antarctic region protected by EEZ, Japanese whalers can't kill the whales in that region.

     -  Another advantage of having a large EEZ is that is that Australia gets to use the resources that are found in that area.

Disadvantages:

     -  One disadvantage to having a large coastline is that there is more land to patrol, and more area for another country to invade.

     -  Another disadvantage of having a large coastline is that there are more asylum seekers that come by boat.
     -  One disadvantage that comes with having a large EEZ is the amout of responability that comes with it

     - Another disadvantage to having a large EEZ is that it adds more land size on to the upkeep of what the government of that country have responsability for.

1.1 Skill Master (mapping skills with Tasmania)

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Top of Form

Name *Surname First

1 Name the mountains at each of the following locations:

a 42˚16´S 145˚50´E

b 41˚47´S 146˚21´E

c 41˚41´S 145˚57´E

d 42˚56´S 146˚25´E           

e 41˚24´S 147˚38´E.

2 Give the latitude and longitude (degrees and minutes) for each of the following:

a Hobart

b Swansea

c Stanley

d Launceston

e Port Arthur

3 Complete the following:

a King Island is found between latitude 39˚35´S and _______, and longitude 143˚51´E and __________.

b The Furneaux group of islands are located between _______S and ______S, and between ______E and ______E.

c The Freycinet Peninsula extends from _____ S to _____ S on the _____ coast of Tasmania.

4 Write the scale of the map in words.one centimeter is two million, five houndred thousand centimeters

5 Use the scale to calculate the straight-line distance between Hobart and each of the mountains identified in question 1.

a 42˚16´S 145˚50´E

b 41˚47´S 146˚21´E

c 41˚41´S 145˚57´E

d 42˚56´S 146˚25´E

e 41˚24´S 147˚38´E.

1.1 Putting Australia on the Map

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Name *Surname First

1 What do the words Terra Australis mean?

2 Who first used the word ‘Australia’ as the name for our country?

3 Which two continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?

4 Which continents are in the Eastern Hemisphere?

5 Which line separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

6 Name the lines of latitude with each of the following values:

a 23½˚S

b 23½˚N

c 66½˚S

d 66½˚N

7 The highest value for a line of latitude is 90˚. What is the highest value for a line of longitude?

8 Fill in the blanks with latitude or longitude:

a Lines of ________ are parallel.

b Lines of ________ are all the same length.

c The Equator is a line of ________.

d Lines of _______ meet at the poles.

e The Prime Meridian is a line of ________.

9 Name and locate Australia’s nearest neighbours.

10 Which sea separates Australia and New Zealand?

11 Refer to 1.3:

a Estimate the latitude and longitude of each of the following:

i Los Angeles

ii Buenos Aires

iii Singapore

iv Alice Springs

v Perth

b Which countries are located at the following:

i 30˚N 120˚E

ii 60˚N 120˚W

ii 60˚S 120˚W

iv 10˚S 60˚W

12 Use your atlas (or Google Earth/Maps) for the following activities:

a Name three countries on the Equator.

b Name three countries on the Prime Meridian.

c Name two countries with the same longitude as New South Wales.

d Which island nation in the Pacific is nearest to Australia?

e What is the distance from the south coast of Tasmania to Antarctica?

f What is the nearest country in South America to Australia?

g What is the nearest country in Africa to Australia? *