Landscapes and Landforms - Uluru

Which inland Australian city is Uluru closest to?

• Alice Springs

• Wagga Wagga

• Bendigo

• Mt Isa

Who are the traditional owners of the land around Uluru and Kata Tjuta?

• The Wiradjuri people

• The Ngunnawal people

• The Anangu people

• The Ngarluma people

What is Uluru made from?

• Aluminium

• Arkosic Sandstone

• Limestone

• Tectonic Plates

How many domes does Kata Tjuta have?

• 36

• 100

• 8

• 27

Uluru is a monolith, which means it is a single rock. What is another name for this type of landform?

• Ice cream

• Heisenberg

• Megarock

• Inselberg

The main forces of erosion that helped form Uluru and Kata Tjuta are:

• Wind

• Lightning

• Glaciation

• Water

While Kata Tjuta is a single rock, it is made of several different kinds of sediment which were pressed together. This kind of rock is called:

• Rocky Road

• Conglomerate

• Gyprock

• Igneous

Put these events in the correct order, to show the processes involved in the formation of Uluru

• 1

• The land around this hard sandstone eroded, leaving Uluru exposed.

• 3

• This material was later buried and compressed to form coarse sandstone known as arkose.

• 4

• About 100 million years later, a large area of the sandstone was put under great pressure, welding the rock and tilting it.

• 2

• Material eroded from the Petermann Ranges was deposited in the shallow inland sea.

Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park has a UNESCO world heritage listing for which kind(s) of significance?

• Historical

• Scientific

• Historical AND Cultural

• Cultural AND Scientific

What is NOT a reason that people are no longer allowed to climb Uluru?

• It is of cultural significance to the Anangu people, and so it is respectful to obey their wishes in this matter.

• People climbing the rock were contributing to the erosion of the site.

• People died on the climb, either by falling or from heart attacks.

• The Northern Territory government made it illegal.