Rest of New Zealand Questions

My reactions to the events is very shocked and sorry for the people living over there. I am shocked because my mum was over there only a couple of days earlier and the videos taken at the time was very shocking

1.4 geographical perspective on the origins of Australia

1: Movement of the Earth's continents

2: Tectonic Plates

3: Rodinia

4: 750 million years ago

5: Africa, South America, Antarctica and Australia

6: Australia used to be in the North Pole area but then slowly migrated its way south

7: Less then one million years old

8: Aridity water

9: Study of Landforms

10: Studies landforms to determine the processes that form and transform them.

The Earthquake in New Zealand

 1. Summarize the major points of interest about the earthquake in NZ including relevant photos and/or videos.
       a. what caused the quake....geographical perspective- the earthquake that tore through Christchurch on Tuesday is the product of a new fault line in the Earth’s crust that seismologists were previously unaware of. Due to New Zealands mountainous country is acutely vulnerable to tectonic movements. Major fault lines dissect the nation due to the two tectonic plates.       b. where - epicentre and effected areas- The major effected areas was Christchurch and the surrounding towns like Canterbury and napia 
       c. casualties- At the moment there 113 people are confirmed dead in the quake, with 228 unaccounted for       d. major damage- There is alot of damage but the major damage was the cathedral that collapsed
       e. current concerns
       f. Give a paragraph about your reactions to the events.

Aboriginal perspective on the origins of Australia

1) How old is Australian Aboriginal culture?
50 000 years
2) What is the dreamtime?
The dreamtime refers tot he time before time when all things were created by the spirit ancestors
3) What are dreamtime stories?
Dreamtime stories are supernatural beings who wandered over the featureless surface of the earth. Dreamtime stories contain valuable lessons about how to survive, where to find food and water, and how to avoid danger.
4) How is aboriginal knowledge passes on?
Aboriginal culture is passed down through the geneartions through storytelling.
5) what do the Aboriginal people mean by country?
refers to a spiritual place that gives and recieves life and has its own consciousness
6) Why is the rainbow serpant significant?
the rainbow serpent is significant because it is found in different forms in all aboriginal cultures
7) How did the rainbow serpent form the landscape?
with her body forming mountain ranges and deep channels
8) why do aboriginal people respect the land?
due to there stories because in traditional belief systems these spirits continue to influence life and can punish wrong doing with storms and other catastrophic events
9) What is a common theme in Aboriginal stories.
the common theme is that spiritual presence that continues to inhabit the landforms
10) choose one of the stories in this unit and summarise it in your own words?
Along time ago before life the rainbow serpent lay in a deep sleep in the centre of the earth. then the rainbow serpent awoke and formed landforms with her body. then the rainbow serpent called on living creatures and told them to live n peace and harmony. She told them to pass the information down to mother earth's children and then disapeard back into the ocean. if people disobey the rules she will come back out of the water and punish them.

questions 1.5 Australia's Major Landforms

1) What are the three main land regions in Australia?
The western plateau, the central lowlands and the eastern highlands
2) Where are the Australian alps?
The Australian Alps stretch from the brindabella range north of Canberra to the Baw Baw range east of Melbourne 
3) Why are the mountains in the Australian Alps rounded in shape?
they have been subjected to erosion and weathering
4) Where is Uluru
Uluru is located 335 kilometers south-west of Alice springs  in the Uluru-Kata tjuta National Park.
5) Write a detailed description of uluru
Uluru is the second largest monolith in the world. measuring 9.4 kilometers around the base and extending for several kilometers underground
6) Explain why uluru appears to change colour
this is due to the way in which the sun's rays pass through the atmosphere
7) what is a drainage basin?
is an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries
8) Name the two largest drainage basins in Australia
Murray darling basin and the lake eyre basin
9) Which are the three longest rivers in Australia
Murray, the darling and the Murrumbidgee
10) Where does all the water in the Lake Eyre Basin go
Simpson Deset
11) What is unusual about the finke river
in only flows on a few days each year
12) Where is the franklin river and why has it become synonymous with conservation?
the river flows for 125 kilometers from the cheyne range to the gordon river in what is now the tasmanian wilderness. It has become that because ever since the battle to save the Franklin rescued it from damming for hydro-electric power in the 1980's
13) what court ruling eventually saved the franklin
the campaign by the Tasmanian wilderness society

Advantages and disadavantages of having a long coastline and a large EEZ

Advantages:

• One advantage of having a large EEZ is that you have special rights over the exploration 
• use of marine resources 
•  Tourism in Australia e.g great barrier reef
• economy

Disadvantages:

• A disadvantage of having a longer coastline and large EEZ asylum seekers would be a problem
• Japanese whalers would have to be watched by coastguards 
• A longer area would mean harder to patrol the if you had a small EEZ