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Australia: Climate and Animals
Climate
 Australia is a land of ?
 The Climate is a ?
Temperature
 Continents location produces?( blank) and minimizes seasonal changes
 Areas north of the? (blank)
generally experience warmth all year round, while majority of the continent, which
is below that (blank) has warm summers and mild to cool winters
Precipitation
 Is mostly rains, and most areas rarely experience frost
 Higher elevations of the Australian Alps and central Tasmania are only two regions
that? (blank)
Seasons
 Australia is located south of the? (blank), therefore seasons are opposite to those
in North America. For example, when it is winter here, it is summer there.
 Australia is the world’s? (blank) inhabited continent
 ?(blank) (the middle) receives less then 38cm of rain a year
 Far North receives more seasonal?
 During the summer,?(blank), bringing severe thunderstorms and torrential rains
 The only part that gets ?___________________ areas, along the Eastern Coast
Animals
 Australia is very unique when it comes to its animal populations
 This continent has the most concentration of ? (blank) -mammals whose young
mature in a pouch (kangaroos, koalas, wallabies and wombats)
 Australia is also home to two of the three species of ?(blank) –egg laying mammals
(platypus and echidna)
Write down 10 animals that you see throughout Australia.
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What are the top 10 things that can kill you in Australia?
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