Australian Environment
False.
What is the name given to Australian animals that have a pouch?
Marsupial.
Ignite
To start something.
What it the name give to language which is not meant to be taken "literally"?
Figurative language.
The name to the part of the Australian animals where the young are carried? Spell it correctly.
Pouch
What Australian Biome are susceptible to bushfires?
Eucalyptus Forest Biome
What are two of the most significant introduced predators that threaten Australian Fauna?
Foxes and Cats
What is an arsonist known for?
An arsonist is someone who illegally and deliberately starts a fire.
who, whose, which, where, that
The name to the small sparks that travel on the wind and can start other fires.
Embers
What is the name of the biome which exists in the middle of the country?
Dessert Biome
What is the diet of the Australian Numbat?
Termites
Omnivore
A diet of both plants and animals (meat).
Identify the two types of subordinate clause in the following sentence.
Vegetation is the word used to describe the plants which exist in the forest biome.
Amphibians
What is the name given to the tops of the trees, when they join together, in a Eucalyptus Forest?
Canopy
What are two of the most significant physical features used by the Tawny Frog Mouth?
The can hover (stay in one spot) in the air.
They don't make a noise when they fly.
What is the difference between "climate" and "weather"?
Weather refers to the temperature and conditions over one day, climate is the temperature and conditions over a period of time.
Use nominalisation in the following sentence to focus on ideas, rather than the doer of the action.
The common tree found in many Australian forest biomes.
Eucalyptus
Of the four droughts, which type refers to the lack of water available in water supplies (damns, river, creeks)?
Hydrological Drought
What are three significant threats to Australian native fauna?
Introduced species
Human development
Climate Change
Habit Destruction
Climatologist.
The name give to a scientist who studies long term weather patterns and the climate.
What are 3 the different grammatical features (including word forms) which can be used to show cause and effect and given an example of each?
Verbs (leads to/results in/makes)
Prepositional Phrases (Due to, As a result of, because of)
Conjunctions (because, so)
The noun used when referring to the shrinking of native habitats due to human development and the building of infrastructure.
Fragmentation