Australia Flashcards
What is Australia?
A large island which is overall the driest in the world.
What is the Climate of Australia?
Mostly dry desert.
How is Australia different Geographically?
It has many different animals such as mammals that can lay eggs.
What is Tasmania?
Tasmania is an island off of Australia. Tasmania has a mild Northern climate.
Australia is the hottest and the ___ of the continents.
Driest.
Most Australians are separated from the interior by the _____.
Great Dividing Range.
England originally used Australia as a(n) \_\_\_\_\_.
Convict settlement.
Australia is primarily a(n) _____.
Urban nation.
Large areas in the interior of Australia have been set aside as a(n) _____.
Aboriginal homeland.
Most citizens of Australia live along a narrow _____.
Coastal plain.
In the 21st Century, Australia is developing more economic interaction with _____.
Asia.
The climate on the island of Tasmania is cooler than most of Australia because it is closer to _____.
Antarctica.
Along the coast of the state of Queensland is the _____.
Great Barrier Reef.
Australia has a unique ecosystem where most of the food niches are filled by _____.
Marsupial animals.
