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How well do you know Australia? Year 9 Geography
How well do you know Australia? Year 9 Geography
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Longitude refers to:
imaginery lines drawn from highest to lowest points
imaginery lines drawn parallel to the equator
imaginery lines drawn from pole to pole
Imaginery lines drawn from continent to continent
2
Latitudes in Australia all feature which letter?
W
S
E
N
3
The easternmost point in Australia is?
Wilson's Promontory
Cape York
Byron Bay
Steep Point
4
The name of this landform feature is:
The 3 Sisters
The 3 Uncles
The 3 Brothers
The 3 Neighbours
5
This letter indicates all of Australia's latitudes are in which hemisphere?
Western
Eastern
Northern
Southern
6
It is believed that Aboriginal people have occupied Australia for at least:
400 years
40000 years
40 years
4000 years
7
To describe Australia's location you would say it is in the:
Western and Southern Hemispheres
Northern and Eastern Hemishpheres
Eastern and Southern Hemispheres
Southern and Western Hemispheres
8
Geographically, economically and politically, Australia's most important links are with:
Bali
The USA
Europe
The Asia-Pacific region
9
Two of Australia's nearest neighbours are?
Noumea & Sri Lanka
New Zealand & Indonesia
Japan & Singapore
Papua New Guinea & India
10
Australia is bigger in area than this country:
Brazil
India
China
Russia
11
The distance south to north at the furthest point in Australia is?
4500kms
2228 metres
3138 kms
19700 kms
12
The current population of Australia is approximately...
24 million
150 million
88 million
3 million
13
another name for a weather map is
choropleth map
maritime chart
topographic map
synoptic chart
14
The Capital of NSW is?
Sydney
Newcastle
Brisbane
Canberra
15
This picture of the Bungle Bungles shows an example of?
fold mountains
volcanic activity
erosion and weathering
glacial activity
16
The lowest point in Australia is?
Lake Eyre
Cape York
Tasmania
the Great Australian Bight
17
Australia sits on which tectonic plate?
Indo-Australian
Antarctic
Eurasian
South American
18
The lines on a weather map show..
air pressure
temperature
cyclones
rainfall
19
Of all the continents, Australia is regarded as the:
wettest
largest
flattest
highest
20
Aboriginal people were able to migrate to this continent because:
gondwana was still one landmass
sea levels were higher
there was an ice age
sea levels were lower
21
One of Australia's main landform regions is:
The Great Australian Bight
The Western Plains
The Southern Highlands
The Central Lowlands
22
The largest river in Australia is
The Richmond
The Murray-Darling
The Clarence
The Macleay
23
This image of the MacDonnell Ranges shows an example of?
earthquake activity
fault mountains
a drainage basin
erosion
24
Evidence for Aboriginal occupation of the land comes from:
Mt Kosciusko
Lake Mungo
Lake Eyre
Mount Isa
25
This is an image of..
Adelaide
Brisbane
Melbourne
Sydney
26
The Ocean to the east of Australia is the:
Atlantic
Southern
Indian
Pacific
27
The largest state in Australia is...
South Australia
Queensland
NSW
Western Australia
28
This image of Lake Eyre would have been produced by:
Satellite
Mobile phone
using a big tripod
oblique aerial photography
29
Scale on a map is used to show..?
differences in time zones
distances in kilometres
climate zones
the relationship between the map and the real world
30
This diagram shows how which mountains are formed?
Alpine
Fold
Fault
Tectonic
31
Australia is located between these oceans.
Southern and Indian
Indian and Pacific
Tasman and Coral
Pacific and Atlantic
32
The line of latitude running through Rockhampton QLD is?
The Tropic of Cancer
The Equator
The International Date Line
The Tropic of Capricorn
33
High pressure systems move in which direction?
clockwise
horizontally
anti-clockwise
diagonally
34
The process which causes the continents to shift is called:
Glacial formation
Continental Drift
Earthquake activity
Magma eruption
35
Aboriginal people explain the creation of the earth through:
poetry
sacred sites
monuments
dreamtime stories
36
Australia's largest state by area is?
SA
QLD
WA
NSW
37
These animals are an example of:
Mammals
Marsupials
Monotremes
Mammoths
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Kakadu national Park is located in.....
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Tasmania