Year 3 Term 3
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
What is the capital city of NSW?
Sydney
An oil spill is an example of natural or man-made disaster
Man-made
True or False: The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef?
True
How many territories are there in Australia?
Two- Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory
What is the name of the invisible line that runs around the centre of the earth?
The Equator
What gives the colour to the corals?
Algae
True or False: The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space?
True
Name 3 natural features in Australia?
Rivers, deserts, rain-forests, Great Dividing Range, Great Barrier Reef
Papua New Guinea is south or north of Australia?
North
What is the cause of coral bleaching?
Coral bleaching changes the colour of the corals to white due to the rise in temperature.
How long is the Great Barrier Reef?
2600 km
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and its short-term variation in minutes to weeks. Climate is the weather of a place averaged over a period of time.
What climate types do you find in Australia?
Temperate, dry, tropical
List 4 threats to the Great Barrier Reef
Shipping accidents, over-fishing, oil spills, coral bleaching, The Crown of Thorn Starfish, climate change, tourism
What is an ecosystem?
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Name two items that are products of Papua New Guinea.
Cocoa, palm oil, gold, copper, oil, gas, coffee, coconut, tea, rubber
Name three states or territories in Australia that have an arid zone.
WA, NT, SA, Queensland, NSW
Name the 3 notable rivers in the Daintree Rainforest.
The Mossman River
Daintree River
Bloomfield River
Name 5 animal species endemic to the Daintree Rainforest
Green and ring-tail possums, tree kangaroos, the southern cassowary, buff breasted paradise kingfisher, Ulysses butterfly, Boyd’s forest dragon, white lipped tree frog