Worksheet for PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landforms
PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landforms at:
http://www.slideshare.net/yaryalitsa/powerpoint-top-10-australian-landforms
PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landforms
includes:
* Australian States and Territories and their Capital Cities;
* Answers: What is a 'Landform'?
* Answers: What is a 'Landmark'?
* Answers: What is a 'Landscape'?
From number 10 - Number 1 (countdown):
Katherine Gorge, The Twelve Apostles, Flinders Ranges, Horizontal Falls, The Three Sisters, Daintree Rainforest, Cradle Mountain, Bungle Bungle Ranges, Heart Reef, Uluru (Ayers Rock)
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Worksheet: PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landforms
Slide 2: Australian States and Territories
How many ‘States’ and how many ‘Territories’ does Australia have? ………………………………………………….
Name the States: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Name the Territories: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
What is the ‘Capital City’ of Australia? ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Which Australian States have the following Australian Capital Cities?
Capital City State? Capital City State?
Brisbane Hobart
Perth Sydney
Slide 3: What is a ‘Landform’?
Write a definition of what a ‘Landform’ is.
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Explain the following statement in your own words.
“A LANDFORM’s shape and ‘the character of the land’s surface’ is the result from the interaction of
physical processes.”
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Slide 4: What is a ‘Landmark’?
Where does the word ‘Landmark’ originate from?
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Today a LANDMARK can refer to what? Name three (3) examples.
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Slide 5: What is a ‘Landscape’?
Write down a definition of what a LANDSCAPE is.
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How do you think LANDFORMS and LANDSCAPES are ‘related’?
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EROSION and DEPOSITION are ‘geomorphic processes’.
What is meant by the word ‘geomorphic’?
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Describe the EROSION geomorphic process.
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Describe the DEPOSITION geomorphic process.
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Slides 6 – 15: Complete the Table
TOP 10
Australian
Landforms
Name of Australian Landform
State or Territory
each can be found
What type of a LANDFORM?
10 Katherine Gorge
9 The Twelve Apostles
8 Flinders’ Ranges
7 Horizontal Falls
6 The Three Sisters
5 Daintree Forest
4 Cradle Mountain
3 Bungle Bungle Range
2 Hardy Reef (Heart)
1 Uluru
If not completed in class, please complete for homework.
Name of Student: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….