Territories and Capitals
The second biggest city in Australia
Melbourne
What animal might be affected in the food web if there were less grass in an area?
Rabbits
What do emus eat?
Dozens of different plant species, especially native peach
The basin is approximately 4 times the size of which neighboring country?
New Zealand
Approximately 25 million
The capital of Queensland
Brisbane
How do hopping mice affect the vegetation on the dingo side of the fence?
They eat the shrubbery
Around how many emus are there today?
More than 600,000
Its natural environment provides a habitat for which two important things
Plants and Wildlife
Australia's Nickname
The Down Under
The capital of South Australia
Adelaide
Which region of Australia is protected by the dingo fence?
The Southeast
What are at least two reasons why the operation to kill the emus didn't work out so well?
Fast, agile, resilient, didn't always stay in herds, smart, even formed lookout units to evade capture
Name at least two reasons why the basin is so important
home to over 2 million Australians
supplies most of the nation’s produce
provides jobs
contributes to the economy
The total number of states and territories
8
The capital of Tasmania
Hobart
What did sheep grazers propose in the early 1900's?
To join barriers and create a single, long fence
Around how many emus were killed in the first 45 days?
2,500
What is at least one thing humans have done to change the natural order of the basin?
Built dams; overly irrigated
This animal is like a small version of a kangaroo
The Wallaby
Canberra is located in this territory
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Why were so many species of small, native mammals hunted to extinction inside the fence?
Fewer dingoes meant more cats and foxes, which hunted such creatures
Since what year have emus been legally protected?
1999
What is the basin's nickname?
Australia's Food Bowl
What is The Australian Bight?
An open bay off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia