Geography End of Year 9 Test

General Geographic Terms

Climatic Hazards = due to the weather

• Hurricanes
• Tornadoes
• Floods
• Droughts
• Storms

Tectonic hazards = due to plate movement

• Volcanoes
• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis

Ritcher Scale = Scale used to measure hurricanes

Earth: Inner core, Outer core, Mantle

Limestone features:

• Stalagtites grow DOWN
• Stalagmites grow UP

GDP = Value of goods and services prodced by a country per capita

South West USA         

• The S.W USA comprises of 

-California

-Nevada

-Utah

-Colorado

-New Mexico

-Arizona

-Mexico

• Las Vegas in Nevada is suffering from a water shortage.  Young children are being taught about the importance of water.
• Xeriscaping is a type of garden landscping that adapts to little watering, using desert shrubs to save water. People are being paid $2 per sq ft. for using xeriscaping, adn promotional ads are being used. 
• Lake Mead water levels are falling.
• Homes are sinking.
• …