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I am a male bird who likes to attract female birds by building intricate and decorative nests Bower.

a) temperate grassland

c) Willy willies

b) Tropic of Capricorn

Correct Answer is : d) Pacific

• Animal husbandry is an important occupation in Australia. 
• Sheep and cattle are reared for wool, meat, skin and dairy products.

1. mineral wealth 

2. agricultural development 

3. progress in science and technology 

4. availability of capital 

5. a wide market 

are some of the important factors for the development of industries.

The major industries and producing centers are Iron and Steel industry, Automobile industry, Ship building, Electrical machinery, Textile, Paper, Paperboard and pulp industries, Oil refining.

The important minerals are iron ore, bauxite lead, zinc, copper, nickel, tin and uranium, coal, petroleum and natural gas are also found here.

The vast grasslands, water from the artesian wells, cool and dry climate, modem methods of sheep rearing and wide market facilities have encouraged sheep rearing.

The great sandy desert, great victoria desert and simpson deserts are located in the western plateau.

The central lowlands of Australia.

• There are a few rivers in Australia. 
• Most of the rivers are short and flow into the lakes. 
• The Murray is the most important river in . Australia. The Darling, Lachlan and Murrimbidge are its main tributaries. It drains into the Encounter Bay. 
• Hunter, east flitzroy and Belgando are eat flowing rivers. 
• Mitchel, Gilbert and Flinders flow towards north west and join the gulf of corpentaria. 
• The Daly, Victoria, West Flitzroy flow northwards and north westward and joins the Timor sea. 
• The rivers Cooper Geek, Diamantina and Mucumba drain into lake Eyre. 
• Rivers Murchison, Avon, Black wood etc., drain into the Indian ocean.

Out of the total land surface in Australia 94% is less than 600 mt. above sea level, comprising of flat lowland. Therefore it is known as the ‘Flattest continent’.

Australia can be divided into three physical divisions. They are 

• The Eastern Highlands
• The Plateau Lowlands 
• The Western Plateau

• The continent of Australia is situated completely in the southern and the eastern hemispheres. 
• It lies between 10° 45’S and 43°39’S latitude. 
• It lies 11°39’E and 153° 39’E longitudes. 
• The Tropic of Capricorn passes approximately through the central part of the continent extent. 
• The total area of the continent including the island of Tasmania is 76.82 lakh km2. 
• The continent is 3,940 km from north to south and 4,350 km from west to east. 
• Its coastal line is 19,310 km long.

A variety of crops are grown in the continent i.e, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, maize, tobacco etc., A variety of fruits and vegetables are also grown here.

Coal, petroleum and natural gas are the main sources of power in Australia.

• They are found in the northern and north eastern coastal areas of Australia. They occupy a very small area which is patchy. 
• Palm, ash, beech and cedar are the important trees.

Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie.

They are known as ‘stations’.

Because around 60% of its native birds are not found anywhere else in the world.

Kookaburras are best known for their human sounding laughter.

1. Gondwana land 

2. The Great Dividing Range 

3. Mt. Kosciusko 

4. Eastern Highlands 

5. Ayers Rock

Due to its location in the southern hemisphere, the seasons of Australia are opposite to those of Northern Hemisphere.

1. Australia exports about 70% of its total production of wheat . 

2. Milk, meat and other dairy products are exported. The fine wool of Merino sheep is also exported. 

3. Minerals like iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc etc., are also exported coal is also exported. 

4. Iron and steel, machinery and other manufactured goods are exported.

• Tropical grasslands – Savanna 
• Temperate grasslands- Downs

• The distribution of population in Australia is uneven and sparse. It is a country with very low density of population. The average density is only 3 persons per sq.km. 
• It is because 80% of the continent is covered by desert and semi desert. In Australia urban population is more than rural population.

The central lowlands are divided into three basins they are: 

1. The Murray Darling Basin 

2. The Lake Eyre Basin 

3. The Carpentaria Lowlands

1. In Australia, extensive farming is in practice. 

2. The size of the holdings is large and modem methods of cultivation are followed. 

3. Importance is given to commercial crops as they are needed for export.

• The cultivable area is small and accounts for only 4% of the land in Australia. 
• It is found along the coastal plains and river basins. 
• Due to scanty and untimely rainfall, unfertile sandy soil and lack of irrigation facilities, the cultivated area is limited.

b) Dark Continent

Correct Answer is : c) wheat

d) New South Wales

Marsupials like kangaroo and wombat are not found because the continent separated from the main land mass about 200 million years ago. As a result, its animal life evolved quite differently from that of the rest of the world.

What is the local name of this tree is Eucalypt

The platypus and echidna are the only living monotremes, i.e., they lay eggs but suckle their young ones. The platypus is an aquatic, furred mammal with a bill like that of a duck and poisonous spurs on its hindlegs.The echidna is also known as the spiny anteater.

Marsupials are — mammals that carry their young ones in a pouch formed by a fold of skin near the stomach. The pouches contain the mammary glands. Australia has about 150 species of marsupials that vary in size, from the giant kangaroo over two metres in height to the tiny insect-eating bandicoot. The wallaby, wombat, and koala are other examples of marsupials found in Australia.

The koala is the most popular Australian animal. This tree dweller is only about 76 cm high and lives entirely on the sjuicy leaves of the eucalyptus tree.

I am a mammal that lays eggs is Platypus.

I have a beautiful fan-tail and I can mimic very well Cassowary.

I am an animal that lives entirely on the juicy leaves of the gum tree is Koala.

I am a wild dog found in Australia is Dingo.

I am popularly called the ‘laughing jackass Kookaburra.

I am a big Australian bird but I cannot fly Emu.

The South-East Trade Winds blow onshore and bring heavy rainfall to the east coast. The Westerlies bring rainfall in winter to south-west and south-east Australia. The north-west monsoon winds cause rainfall over northern Australia.

The temperate grasslands of Australia are called the downs.

The platypus is considered a strange animal because they lay eggs but suckle their young ones. The platypus is an aquatic, furred mammal with a bill like that of a duck and poisonous spurs on its hindlegs.