WorksheetsDemise of Megafauna
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are megafauna?
Huge animals that are still alive in Australia
Animals that scientists think are cool
Extinct animals that are larger than existing animal
Animals that live for a long time
Megafauna includes birds, mammals, and reptiles. True or false?
True
False
Which was the largest Australian megafauna animal?
Diprotodon - similar to a giant wombat
Megalania - similar to a giant goanna
Thylacoleo - similar to a lion
Sarcophilus laniarius - a large form
of the Tasmanian devil
When were the first megafauna fossils found in Australia at Wellington Caves in New South Wales?
1914
1823
1645
2001
What made palaeontologists, archaeologists and historians think megafauna and humans were alive at the same time?
Human bones with marks from megafauna teeth
Aboriginal rock painting of megafauna
Tools made from the bones of megafauna
Stone tools and megafauna bones
were found in the same area
Why do scientists think megafauna grew so large?
Dinosaurs were large so megafauna needed to be big as well
Megafauna ate humans
Thick bush changed to open wood and grassland
Megafauna ate fruit and vegetables
that were full of vitamins
What was Genyornis newtoni?
An animal that looked like a propeller
A huge flightless bird, similar to an emu
A giant goanna
A meat-eating kangaroo
The Wonambi naracoortensis is named after the aboriginal word for what?
Mean crocodile
Rainbow serpent
Large Bird
Big Wallaby
What was a Diprotodon?
A huge wombat
A giant emu that ate meat
The largest leaf-eating kangaroos
Thylacine or Tasmanian tiger
Scientists thought the Thylacoleo carnifex (marsupial lion) ate meat and what else?
Gumnuts
Apples
Melons
Flowers
Do archaeologists and historians believe the research suggests climate change and human hunting was the reason for the extinction of Australia's megafauna? Explain your answer using research you have looked at so far , in 6-9 sentences.
