13.6 SkillBuilder activity GEOGRAPHICAL INQUIRY, COMMUNICATING Divide your class into five groups and assign groups 1 to 4 one of Australia’s landform regions to investigate. Collectively compile a list of landforms that are found in each region, have each member of the group investigate a different landform and prepare a series of slides that show the following: a. the landform
b. where it is located c. how it was formed
d. its importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples e. reasons why it is or is not a popular place that people want to visit. Group 5 should use their atlas to locate the highest mountains in each Australian state and territory. a. State the height of this mountain. b. Identify where it is located. c. Explain how it has changed over time. d. Discuss its importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples — explain what creation story explains its formation. Groups should work collaboratively online using Google Slides or a similar program to put their presentation together for viewing by the rest of the class.
13.6
Exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 4, 6
LEVEL2
LEVEL3
2, 3, 8, 10
5, 7, 9
REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Circle the correct options to complete the passage below. The Murray–Darling Basin covers one-seventh / one-fifth of the Australian continent and is the largest drainage basin in Australia. It covers about one / two million square kilometres and is fed by more than 10 / 20 / 30 major rivers. The basin produces 25 / 43 / 62 per cent of Australia’s food and over 40 / 60 / 90 per cent of Australia’s agricultural income, making it the most important drainage basin in Australia. 2. Complete the following passage using the words below. faulting uplift tectonic crust surface Folding, faulting and uplift are processes that occur as a result of _____________________ activity. Pressures deep within the Earth’s _____________________ cause the rocks that make up its _____________________ to buckle and fold, in much the same way that an aluminium can does when squeezed. Sometimes breaks occur or fractures develop, known as _____________________, and blocks or sections of the crust are pushed upwards, known as _____________________. 3. Determine whether the following statement is True or False. Australia is so low in altitude and flat compared with other continents because the continent is located in the middle of a tectonic plate, has no active volcanoes and very little tectonic uplift from below.
4. Describe some of the physical changes Australia’s landmass has undergone. 5. Describe the major characteristics of Australia’s four main landform regions.
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