KK1.1.2

Question 1

Coastal

Answer 1

Areas linking land and sea with varying landscapes including beaches, dunes, woodlands, dry forests and rocky cliffts
Vic has 2000km of coastline
Rainfall=700-12000mm
Elevation=0-200mm
Hairy spinifex, holds dunes together
Hooded plovers, endangered
Big drift, Wilsons prom

Question 2

Marine

Answer 2

Wide variety of ecosystems including rocky reefs, sponge gardens, kelp forests, mangroves, open water and seagrass beds
Norman beach
Weedy sea dragon, Vic marine faunal emblem

Question 3

Inland waterway

Answer 3

Inland water-based environments such as rivers, lakes and wetlands
Falls creek, 1600m, highest sig body of water in aus
Elevation=varying
Red river gum, drops branches to conserve water
Platypus, monotreme
Tidal river

Question 4

Heathland

Answer 4

Low and shrubby, twisted and gnarled trees from wind and nutrient poor soil
Elevation= 50-300m
Rainfall=600-1100m
Australin grass tree, new growth after fires
Bandicoot
Anglesea hearth

Question 5

Arid

Answer 5

Characterised by severe lack of available water that hinders growth and development of plants
North-west Vic, Mallee

Question 6

Grassland

Answer 6

Ecological communities where grass species dominate and there is less than 10% natural tree or shrub cover
Elevation= below 700m
Rainfall=400-1000m
Bush stone curlew (burhinus grallarias), nocturnal
Acacias
Paddocks near the big drift

Question 7

Alpine

Answer 7

A high mountain area above a certain altitude that experiences snow for extended periods
Vic highest peak- Mount Bogong, 1986m
Rainfall- over 1400mm
Snow gum, can survive fires
Mountain pygmy possum, only aus hibernating marsupial

Question 8

Forest

Answer 8

Areas dominated by trees of at least 2m and a tree canopy cover of at least 20%
Elevation=200-1000m
Rainfall=low
Over 700 species of eucalyptus
Rainbow lorikeet
Dandenong ranges