Australia’s population. Review
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Make a table in your notebook comparing Africa and Australia: area, position, climate, animals (at least 4 rows).
Sample: area — 30 / 7.7 million km²; position — crossed by equator / wholly south; climate — hottest / driest; animals — elephant, lion / kangaroo, koala.
2
Using the atlas, measure the distance between Australia’s northern (Cape York) and southern (Wilsons Promontory) extremes and convert it to km using the scale.
About 3 100–3 200 km (from 10°41′ S to 39°08′ S, about 28° × 111 km).
3
On the map Australia’s west–east length is 10 cm, scale 1 : 40 000 000. What is the real distance in km?
4000
4
From the atlas write 3 endemic animals of Australia and Oceania.
Kangaroo, koala, kiwi (New Zealand).