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Australian Physical Geography and Uniqueness #year9geography
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1
What huge area of flat land is located between the cities of Adelaide and Perth?
Kangaroo Island
Nullabor Plain
Flinders Plain
Macdonnell Ranges
2
Two of Australia's major rivers located in NSW are the____________.
Murray and Darling
Finke and Swan
Yarra and Darling
Murrumbidgee and Diamantina
3
18 000 years ago when the sea level was much lower a person could walk from Australia to_____
Papua New Guinea
Antarctica
Indonesia
New Zealand
4
What body of water lies to the west of Cape York Peninsula (QLD)
Coral Sea
Bass Strait
Shark Bay
Gulf of Carpentaria
5
Australia, Antarctica and South America were once part of a huge continent called___________.
Austpangea
Laurasia
Laurapangea
Gondwana
6
Australia has many islands that include _______.
Christmas,Harper and Lee
Christams, Kokos, Mikonos and ,
Lord Howe, Norfolk and Macquairie
Norfolk, Canary, and Galapogas
7
The main natural hazards in Australia impacting upon peoples lives are?
storm surges , floods and bushfires
Floods , Droughts and Lightning, Hail
Floods, droughts, cyclones and bushfires
Bushfires , Hailstorms Cyclones
8
Australian dinosuars found recently in Queensland include the____________.
Stegasaurus ,Raptors
T Rex, Raptors
Muttaburrasaurus, Banjosaurus
Triceratops,Muttaburrasaurus
9
What is the highest mountain in Australia?
Great Dividing Mountain
Perisher Mountain
Kosciuszko
Blue Mountains
10
When you swim at one of Sydney's beaches you are in the ________.
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Tasman Sea
Coral Sea
11
The rock formation at the Blue Mountains that is part of Aboriginal stories is called the:
Kimberley Rocks
Rainbow Rocks
Uluru
Three Sisters
12
An aboriginal tool used to help throw spears is called a ____________
Grinding Stone
Woomera
Coolamon
Dilly bag
13
Long ago, todays Sydney Harbour was once a _______
Mountain Range
Peninsula
River Valley
Desert
14
Australia is a unique continent because it is the___________.
oldest , driest and flatest
most isolated and biggest
biggest , flatest and driest
wettest and steppest
15
What World Heritage areas are found in Australia?
Fraser Island , Kakadu and The Tasmanian Wilderness
Lord Howe Island , Uluru and Galapogas Islands
Shark Bay , Coral triangle, The Grand Canyon
Coral Triangle, Great Barrier Reef ,Shark Bay
16
The largest living structure on earth that is visible from space is the ____________.
Cape York Peninsula
Great Barrier Reef
Pacific Ocean
Nullabor Plain
17
The wettest place in Australia is _____________?
Babinda, QLD
Ballina, NSW
Darwin, NT
Shipsterns Bluff, TAS
18
Aboriginal stories about the creation of the earth and animals is called the__________.
dreaming
creation story
sacred time.
aboriginal time
19
Two processes that have shaped Australia's landforms are ______.
Rock strata and Weathering
Weathering and flooding
Erosion and weathering
Droughts and Bushfires
20
The mountain range that is found from QLD through NSW to Victoria is the _______.
The Great Dividing Range
The Kosciuszko Range
Blue Mountains Range
Highlands Range