1.

Name the types of Pollution

WASNV

Water

Air

Smell

Noise

Visual

2.

What are the uses of water

1.  Hydro Electric power

2.  Irrigation.

3.  Industry

4.  Domestic supply in towns

5.  Fisheries.

6.  Navigation.

3.

Where is water needed?

4.

Uses for water

Domestic, e.g. washing up

Agriculture, e.g. farming, animal drinking

Industry, e.g. production, bottled power, power.

Other, e.g. swimming, boating.

5.

What are the causes and effects of global warming?

greenhouse effect causes the earth to heat up.  The effects of global warming,

greenhouse gas is made of Co2 trapped in the atmosphere.

Global warming is due to pollution. 

6.

What is the greenhouse effect?

The earth has its own blanket of Co2 gases.  Our polution adds to the gases in the atmosphere and makes the blanket thicken.  These gases keep the heat in.  This is called global warming.

Greenhouse effect is the blanket of gases that hold reflect the heat down to the earth causing it to heat up.

7.

Smog is where they changed the type of fuel for heating that burned. 

What is the new smog made up of?

Exhaust fumes/gases, still air, warmth and clear sunshire.

8.

How does the ozone effect you?

Irritates peoples' eyes, gives them headaches and affects their breathing.

9.

What is the Stern Report?

Stern report is about climate change and how we all have to our part or devestating, economic consequences will be the result, e.g. disappearing glaziers, floods, tsunamis, heat waves -consequences of food stocks.

Sir Nicholas Stern came up with concrete costs as to how much global warming will cost us. The Stern report was named after him- cutting down of greenhouse gasses

10

What is visual and smell pollution?

Visual - When you see the smoke and waste pollution e.g. rubbish and smoke coming from a chimney.

Smell - Exhaust fumes, cigarettes.

11.

What happens when the waste we produce increases?

12.

Japan

Japan contains 10% of the world's active volcanoes, volcanoe activity is going on all the time in Japan but is not always voilent.

Some volcanoes which have laid dormant for 100s of years and then suddenly come to life e.g. Mount Fuji is a volcano thought to be extinct, or is it!!!    

Japan is located on a very unstable part of the earths surface where three tectonic plates meet it is because of these tectonic plates that earthquakes and volcanoes occur.

For a while Japan thought they were quake-proof, the nations faith was shattered in 20 seconds as the earthquake measuring 7.2 on the richter scale

ravished Japan destroying houses, wrecking roadways, igniting fires, destroying ports and leaving an estimated 5,000 people dead.  Earthquakes are frequent in Japan, many places have at least a 100 a year.  Most of these are weak, some are destructive. 

Much of Japan is mountanious with only 17% being flat enough for farming, industry and settlement.

Where is Japan?:  Asia.

Steep mountains heavy rain create fast flowing rivers.  Lake Bluva is the largest lake.

15.

How crowded is Japan?

Very over-populated

16.  What is the capital of Japan?

Tokyo

17.

What is the nearest country to Japan?

South Korea.

18.

What is meaning of the little red dot on the Japan flag?

It stands for sun.

19. What do Japenese people eat?

19.  Rice, noodle dishes.

Good custom to slurp food such as soup.  If you do not slurp then your host will think you do not like your food and will take offense!

20.  The first Atomic bomb was dropped in Japan.

end of World War II

Label a map of Japan :

Honshu (main part)

Hokkaido (top)

 Kyshu (bottom left island)

Shikou bottom right island).

(all in alphabetical order). 

Sea of Japan.