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Australia Geography

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Australia is the world's only ___ & continent

a)

country

b)

smallest

c)

Oceania

d)

Indian

2.

Australia is the world's ___ continent.

a)

country

b)

smallest

c)

Oceania

d)

Indian

3.

Australia is located southeast of the Asian mainland in a region known as ___.

a)

country

b)

smallest

c)

Oceania

d)

Indian

4.

It is situated between the ___ Ocean (west) and the Pacific Ocean (east)

a)

country

b)

smallest

c)

Oceania

d)

Indian

5.

Oceania is in a continental group consisting of numerous countries and includes ___ islands and Australia

a)

Pacific

b)

Continent

c)

Oceania

d)

Coral

6.

Often Australia is named as a ___, but this means that the many islands & countries except Australia would then be not included. Oceania in fact is mostly ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Continent

c)

Oceania

d)

Coral

7.

Australia is the largest island in ___. Oceania has more than 250 languages spoken.

a)

Pacific

b)

Continent

c)

Oceania

d)

Coral

8.

The Coral Sea lies off the Australia’s northeast coast.

The ___ Sea is an extension of the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Continent

c)

Oceania

d)

Coral

9.

The Coral Sea is home to the ___, which is the Earth's largest coral reef.

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

sharks

c)

900

d)

2

10.

It is known for its man eating ___, and some of the world's most dangerous fish

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

sharks

c)

900

d)

2

11.

It is home to more than ___ islands.

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

sharks

c)

900

d)

2

12.

Over ___ million people visit the reef every year.

a)

Great Barrier Reef

b)

sharks

c)

900

d)

2

13.

It is approximately the same size as Italy, Germany, or ___.

a)

Japan

b)

visitors

c)

species

d)

Nemo

14.

Over 1500 different ___ of fish live in the Great Barrier Reef

a)

Japan

b)

visitors

c)

species

d)

Nemo

15.

including clown fish, star of the animated film Finding ___

a)

Japan

b)

visitors

c)

species

d)

Nemo

16.

___ can see it from space

a)

astronauts

b)

total

c)

range

d)

exotic

17.

Around 10% of the world's ___ fish species can be found within the GBR.

a)

astronauts

b)

total

c)

range

d)

exotic

18.

The GBR is home to a wide ___ of life, including fish, giant clams, seahorses, sea snakes, sea turtles, stingrays, sharks, and more!

a)

astronauts

b)

total

c)

range

d)

exotic

19.

The GBR if home to some of the most ___ fish on earth.

a)

astronauts

b)

total

c)

range

d)

exotic

20.

The Great Dividing Range is located along the ___ coast of Australia

a)

eastern

b)

mountain

c)

third

d)

southern

21.

It is the continent's largest ___ range

a)

eastern

b)

mountain

c)

third

d)

southern

22.

It is 2,100 miles long and is the ___ longest mountain range in the world

a)

eastern

b)

mountain

c)

third

d)

southern

23.

The Great Victoria Desert is located in Australia's ___interior

a)

eastern

b)

mountain

c)

third

d)

southern

24.

Its name is from British ___ Queen Victoria in 1875

a)

monarch

b)

terrain

c)

continent

d)

Ayers

25.

It covers more than 160,000 square miles of ___

a)

monarch

b)

terrain

c)

continent

d)

Ayers

26.

It covers almost 4.5% of the ___

a)

monarch

b)

terrain

c)

continent

d)

Ayers

27.

___ rock is located in central Australia above the Great Victoria Desert

a)

monarch

b)

terrain

c)

continent

d)

Ayers

28.

It is called ___ by the aborigines that live there

a)

Uluru

b)

monolith

c)

stone

d)

tourist

29.

it is the world's largest sandstone ___

a)

Uluru

b)

monolith

c)

stone

d)

tourist

30.

A monolith is a large single upright block of ___

a)

Uluru

b)

monolith

c)

stone

d)

tourist

31.

It is one of Australia's most popular ___ spots next to the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef

a)

Uluru

b)

monolith

c)

stone

d)

tourist

32.

Ayers rock is ___ miles wide

a)

6

b)

12

c)

reddish

d)

stories

33.

and nearly ___ stories tall

a)

6

b)

12

c)

reddish

d)

stories

34.

Iron present in Ayers rock causes it to rust at the surface and turn a ___ color

a)

6

b)

12

c)

reddish

d)

stories

35.

Uluru plays a prominent role in local Aboriginal creation ___

a)

6

b)

12

c)

reddish

d)

stories