AUSTRALIA

Match the following

• a very heavy snowstorm with strong winds

• A blizzard

• a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round

• A tornado

• a long period of time during which no rain falls

• A drought

• a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry

• A flood

• a violent wind storm consisting of a tall column of air which spins round very fast and causes a lot

• A cyclone

.... wind

• blustery

• strong/fierce

• turbulent

• cutting

... sky

• blustery

• thundery

• turbulent

• strong

... waves

• blustery

• crashing

• turbulent

• strong/fierce

... sea

• blustery

• thundery

• turbulent

• crashing

Match the following

• a hard natural structure under the ocean that is formed from coral

• coral reef

• an area of land beside an ocean

• mountain range

• rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way

• rock formation

• a long row of mountains

• desert

• a large area of land with few plants and little water and where the weather is always dry

• coast

Match the following

• the distance from the top to the bottom of something

• height

• the distance down from the top of something to the bottom

• length

• the distance across something from one side to the other

• depth

• the measurement of something from end to end

• width

Match the following

• Australia's land mass

• 6th

• Australia's desert area

• 1/5

• Australia is the 6th largest country in the world

• 25,000,000

• the population of Australia

• 7,000,000 square metres