Indigenous Plants Animals

I P&A 1

100

What is a common plant found in Australia with over 700 varieties?

(Hint: It mostly has very bright colors.)

Acacias

200

What are the two mammals in Australia and New Guinea that lay eggs and have beaks? 

The platypus and echidna (ih KID neh)

I P&A 2

200

What are the two birds that do not fly, and stand five to six feet tall?

Cassowaries and emus

300

What kind of trees produce a fragrant oil used in medicines?

(Hint: Some grow to 300 feet.)

Eucalyptus trees

I P&A 3

300

What is the biggest marsupial?

Kangaroos

400

Thousands of _______, trees, and shrubs are indigenous to Australia.

Wildflowers

I P&A 4

400

The _____ Islands have some of the most indigenous Plants and animals.

Pacific

500

What are mammals whose babies are carried in a pouch by the females called?

Marsupials

I P&A 5

100

A ________ is a family ranging from small-to-medium, brightly colored birds, known for large heads, rapid, direct flight, and long, sharp bills.

Kingfisher

200

Because of the region's physical ______, plants developed in the regions unlike other plants.

Isolation