Haslingden High School
Geography Department
HOMEWORK BOOKLET
Year 8 Block A
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If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
 Glossary 
You may find the following words useful:
Altitude – height above sea level.
Climate – The average weather in a place.
Coniferous – Trees like a Christmas tree which don’t lose their leaves.
Dairy – Farming cows to produce milk, they need lots of grass.
Deciduous – Trees which lose their leaves in winter in order to survive the cold.
Ecosystem – A community of plants and animals that depend on each other to live.
Food Web – A diagram showing how energy moves in a ecosystem.
Forestry – Growing trees and selling them for profit.
Mountain Range – An extended chain or group of mountains.
Sherpa – A group of people who live in the Himalayas of Tibet.
Ski Resort – A specially built town or village for people to stay whilst skiing.
Snow Line – A line on a mountain above which there is snow all year round.
Tree Line – Line on a mountain above which tress cannot grow.
You are expected to complete all the main tasks in this booklet.
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sign in the margin points to tasks for you to complete.
sign in the margin points to extension questions. Your teacher will
tell you which ones they expect you to complete.
Look out for the clock in each section to let you know how much time you
should spend on each section.
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
 Mountains of the World 
Everybody knows what a mountain looks like but nobody can agree on a definition
of what a mountain really is. Most geographers agree that it must be a big piece of
land with sloping sides sticking out from the land around it.
Some say it must be at least 1000m above sea level to count as a mountain, so we
don’t actually have any mountains in England (though Scotland and Wales do).
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Even the Scottish and Welsh mountains are tiny compared to others in the world.
Label the following mountain ranges and the highest mountains on the map; also
add the names of the 7 continents (you can use an atlas, or the map in your planner):
Mountain Range
Rockies
Andes
Alps
Himalayas
Urals
Atlas
Great Dividing Range
Transantarctic Mountains
Mountain
Mt. McKinley
Aconcagua
Mt. Blanc
Mt. Everest
Vinson Massif
Puncak Jaya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Elbrus
Height (m)
6,194
6,960
4,807
8,848
4,897
5,040
5,895
5,642
Continent
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Antarctica
Continent
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Antarctica
Oceania
Africa
Asia/Europe
Compared to these monsters, the tallest mountain in England is Scafell Pike in the
Lake District at a measly 964m above sea level!
All of the top 100 highest mountains can be found in Asia within and around the
Himalayas!
Measured from its base in the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the world’s
tallest mountain at a huge 10,203m sea level
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
Use this page to label the mountains (see previous page for instructions)
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Extension Task: Think about how people are spread out on Earth. Why do you think the Alps are the busiest mountains?
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
Mountain Climate
Mountains have unique climates; for every 100m you go up in height, the temperature
drops by about 1°C so many mountain areas are cold all year round. Above a certain
height, mountains will have snow all year round; these ice caps are known as
glaciers.
Below is some climate data for Innsbruck in the Austrian Alps.
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On the next page draw a climate graph for Innsbruck. A climate graph is 2 graphs in
one: a BAR CHART for PRECIPITATION and a LINE GRAPH for TEMPERATURE.
Climate Data: Innsbruck, Austria
Months
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F M
Temperature (°C)
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5
Precipitation (mm) 54 49 41
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10
52
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73
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17 19 18
110 134 108
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81
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10
67
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4
53
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1) Use an atlas to describe Innsbruck’s location: _________________________________
2) Which month is the wettest in Innsbruck? ____________________________________
3) Which month is the driest in Innsbruck? ______________________________________
4) Which month is the coldest in Innsbruck?
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5) Which month is the warmest in Innsbruck?
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6) What is the total precipitation for Innsbruck in a year?
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7) What is the temperature range (max – min) for Innsbruck?
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8) Look again at the winter months, what might the precipitation be? __________
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9) Extension Task: For somebody who lives in Innsbruck, how might a climate
like this affect their lifestyle?
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
Use this scale to
draw a bar chart
Temperature (C)
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15
120
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90
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Use this scale to
draw a line graph
for temperature.
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Months
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N
D
Use this page to draw the graph (see previous page for instructions)
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Precipitation (mm)
for precipitation.
Climate Graph for Innsbruck, Austria
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
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Research Task
Find out about an animal that lives in the mountains. Describe it and how it has
adapted to live in the mountains.
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If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
 Living in the Mountains 
As you have seen, mountains are very harsh and remote places to live, yet some
people manage to survive and make a living there. Countries including Nepal, Bolivia,
Iran, Switzerland are very mountainous; Japan is 90% mountains!
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Read the following text about the Sherpa people of Nepal and answer the questions
on the next page:
“The Sherpa people live in the Himalayas
(the highest mountains on Earth), within
the country of Nepal. They are well
known all over the world as expert
mountain climbers and guides. Possibly
the most famous Sherpa was Tenzing
Norgay who helped Sir Edmund Hillary
to make the first ascent of Mt. Everest in
1953. Since then Sherpas have guided
many climbers to top of Mt. Everest and numerous other mountains.
“Sherpas have lived in the mountains for generations, and so their bodies have
adapted to the high altitude and lack of oxygen. They tend to be short and stocky
which helps them to resist the cold. The have extra red blood cells for carrying more
oxygen around their bodies, and some even have larger lungs. People who live in
lowland areas often suffer from altitude sickness at about 2,400m above sea level; in
fact many climbers need to take oxygen tanks to reach the top of mountains like Mt.
Everest. As well as being used to the mountains and the conditions, Sherpas tend not
to suffer from altitude sickness so they often act as porters to carry climbers’ bags
whilst they struggle with tiredness, blurred vision and headaches.
“Most Sherpas follow an old form of Buddhism as their religion. They believe that
numerous gods and demons inhabit every mountain, cave or forest. Many of the
Himalayan Mountains are worshipped as gods; Sherpas call Mt. Everest
Chomolungma (Mother of the World). Each separate village recognise different
mountains as protective gods. This means that they do their best to protect the
environment and the mountains from damage and pollution.
“Sherpas traditionally relied on farming to make a living, but now increasingly they
get their money from tourism associated with mountain climbing. Their way of life
may be changing but they are keen to hang on to their traditions.”
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
Why are Sherpas good people to employ as mountain guides for foreign tourists?
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How have the Sherpas’ bodies adapted to high altitude?
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Why would it be difficult for somebody who lives at close to sea-level to climb a
mountain in the Himalayas like Mt. Everest?
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Why do you think that the Sherpas get angry when people leave litter on the
mountains?
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Why would the Sherpas not stop people visiting their mountains?
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Extension Task: How does the Sherpas’ religion affect their attitude to the
environment?
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
Tourism in the Mountains
Your final task is to look at tourism in the mountains and decide whether it is a good
or bad thing.
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Read the information below about the Chamonix ski resort in the French Alps:
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
Below are the benefits and problems of ski resorts like Chamonix:
Winter Wonderland?
Some ski resorts are not getting enough snow any more because of Global Warming.
Ski companies are now applying to build new ski resorts higher up in the mountains.
Using all the information you have learnt in this booklet, plus any of your own
research answer the following question:
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‘In your opinion should ski companies be allowed to build new ski resorts
higher up in the mountains?’
Answer on the following pages or use ICT. Use the level descriptions below to help
you meet your target level.
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Includes own opinion and gives reasons for this using information
straight from the booklet, one sided.
Gives balanced views for and against new ski resorts to explain their
own opinion and includes information from the booklet about why
mountains should be protected.
Looks at both sides in detail, with reasons and suggests alternatives to
building new ski resorts higher in the mountains.
If you are struggling see your Geography teacher or go to homework club.
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