Australia

What are the 7 continents? Name them.

How many external territories does Australia have? Name them.
(Anna had Christmas Carol not counting ashmore.)

What are Australia's six states?

What are Australia's two territories?

What is an Exclusive Economic Zone?

Which hemisphere is Australia located in?

What is the Dreamtime?

What did the Dreamtime stories explain?

Why did some people have different Dreaming? What was the strong link between people?

Explain how Aboriginal people believed Australia was created.

Explain Map Dreaming.

What is Continental Drift?

What was the origional landmass called? And what were the two plates that split from that called?

How many plates are there today?

What is continental drift.

How our mountains created?

What are fold mountains?

What is a fault mountain?

Explain the formation of the MacDonnell Ranges.

How can mountains also be formed?

what are hot spot volcanoes?

How old is Australia?

What was the ice age?

Why is Australia the lowest and flattest of all continents?

What are land bridges?

How wide is Australia?

What are some forces that give landforms their present appearance?

Explain weathering.

Explain Mass movement.

Explain Erosion.

Explain deposition.

What are the four major landforms that Australia can be divided into?

What is Australia's largest river system?

Why does Australia have a wide range of climates?

Why is Australia referred to as the 'dry continent'?

What is the main reason why Australia is s dry?

Give two reasons why variations of temp occur in Australia?

Why does Australia have a large variety of plant and animal life?

What percentage of Australia's flora and fauna is found no where else in the world?

Why is most of the flora in Australia characterised by drought.

What are marsupials?

How many species of flora does Australia have?

What has had a massive influence on Australia's variety of flora?

What percentage of Australia is forest?

Where are most of the worlds marsupials found?

What are Monotremes?

what has been a major cause for the loss of species in Australia?

What are the 6 layers of the Earth?

What are thee three types of boundaries?

What is a convergent boundary? And give an example of where one is located : Co, Eu. In

What is a divergent boundary? And give an example of where one is loated Di/ Af Ar

What is a transform boundary? And give an example of where one is located Tr. Pa. Au

What are the most dramatic geological phenomena experienced on Earth and how are they caused?

What is a rift valley, and how is it caused?

What are the main faults that cause earthquakes? And how are they formed?

Definition: Continent

Definition: Continental Drift

Continental shelf

Definition: Dreaming

Definition: Erosion

Definition: Ice age

Definition: Latitude

Definition: Longitude

Definition: Sacred sites

Definition: tectonic plates

Definition: Weathering

Definition: Climate

Definition: Drainage Basin

Explain drought

Explain ecosystem

Explain Endemic

explain marsupial

explain monotreme

Explain monsoon

What are Australia's states, and each of their capitals?