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BANKSTOWN COLLEGE OF TAFE
YEAR 11 GEOGRAPHY EXCURSION WORKSHEET
SYDNEY WILDLIFE WORLD AND SYDNEY AQUARIUM
31st MAY, 2010
SYDNEY WILDLIFE WORLD – habitats and adaptations of Australian fauna.
As you walk through the exhibitions at Sydney Wildlife World you will choose ONE animal from each section and describe the
animal, the habitat in which that animal lives and how that animal has adapted to its environment. Also consider how human
changes to the environment have affected that animal.
Choose ONE animal in each of the following groups and fill in the table for the animals you have chosen:
1. Invertebrates (insects, spiders)
2. Reptiles
3. Birds
4. Mammals
Describing the animal – colour, size, shape, type of skin, movement or activity
Describing the habitat – plants, rocks, colour of the environment, where the animal lives in the environment, what the animal eats,
other animals it lives with.
Adaptations – camouflage, diet, reproduction, coping with heat or drought ( see background notes)
Human impacts – have human changes to the environment made these animals rarer, what kinds of changes have made it difficult
for these animals. Has the animals been able to make use of the changes humans have made to the environment, what kinds of
changes have favoured these animals.
Name of
the animal
Invertebrate
Reptile
Description of the animal
Description of the habitat
Adaptations to the
environment
Human impacts
Name of
the animal
Bird
Mammal
Description of the animal
Description of the habitat
Adaptations to the
environment
Human impacts
Name of
Description of the animal
the animal
Mammal
active in the
day
Description of the habitat
Adaptations to the
environment
Human impacts
SYDNEY AQUARIUM – aquatic habitats around Australia
At the Aquarium choose ONE animal in each of the following environments and complete the table.
One aquatic animal found in a river or esturarine environment
One aquatic animal found in the tropical ocean/ coral reef
Name of the
animal
In river or
estuary
Description of the animal
Description of the aquatic
habitat
Adaptations to the
environment
Human impacts
Name of the
animal
Tropical
ocean /
coral reef
Description of the animal
Description of the aquatic
habitat
Adaptations to the
environment
Human impacts
Temperate
Ocean
Name of the
animal
Aquatic
mammal
Description of the animal
Description of the aquatic
habitat
Adaptations to the
environment
Human impacts
Today we have observed a number of different environments – tropical rainforest, eucalypt forest, semi-arid
grasslands, deserts, tropical seas and coral reefs, temperate seas and rivers or estuaries. From what you have
learnt answer the three questions below. Note that there is room to give reason for your choices.
 Which environment had the greatest biodiversity? Give reasons for your answer
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 Which environment has been most changed by people? Explain your choice.
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 Which environment do you think had the most interesting animals? Why?
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