What types of environments do we see in Australia?:
What types of environments do we see in Australia? Name three of the types that you know.
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What types of environments do we see in Australia? Name three of the types that you know.
Describe Australia as a whole in terms of:
Rainfall
Temperature
Soil type
Australia 50 million years ago:
Australia 50 million years ago Part of Gondwana - sharing of flora and fauna between the continents
What was the centre of Australia like?
Lush rainforest with soft leaves - Beech forest
Floundering fauna - crocs, dolphins etc
The Red Centre?:
The Red Centre?
Australia drifts north:
Australia drifts north Antarctic Beech to Sclerophyll
So wheres the evidence?:
So wheres the evidence? Need to look at the fossil and geological records to piece together our past
Overall rainforests have contracted and sclerophyll and grasslands have spread
Your Job - study the evidence:
Your Job - study the evidence Read Surfing sheet 14 and complete Q 1. Complete a table with column headings - Evidence of , Fossil or other evidence.
Complete Surfing 15