Unit 3 - Australia - Introduction

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Australia

Unit 3

Today

Australia

1. The Australian outback

2. Clips, vragen

Australia

Schrijf 3 feiten over kangeroes

Waarom mag je niet op deze rots klimmen?

Closed on 26 October 2019

It's permanently off limits

Sacred to indigenous people

It can be up to 47 degrees

People died of dehydration

It's 348 meters high

Zou je hier op willen groeien? Leg uit waarom wel of niet

Emu

Wallaby

Platypus

Tasmanvian devil

Quokka

Welke van deze kan niet vliegen?

1. Budgerigar
2. Cockatoo
3. Emu

Waarom heet deze de Tasmanian devil ?

Hoeveel van Australia is de outback

1. 10%
2. 60%
3. 95%
4. 80%

Welk klimaat heeft de Outback

Er zijn 200 soorten reptielen in de outback.

1. true
2. false

The town known as the capital of the outback is called...

1. Alice Springs
2. Cooper Pedy
3. Darwin

Did you pay attention? Mention five things about the Australian outback!

What is the capital city of Australia

1. Melbourne
2. Sydney
3. Perth
4. Canberra

Who were the first inhabitants of Australia?

1. The English
2. Aboriginals
3. The Incas
4. Cowboys

Australia got the nickname 'the land down under' because..

1. A lot of Australia is covered in desert
2. The ocean level is very low there
3. It's in the Southern Hempisphere
4. It's opposite Great Britain

In an Australian restaurant you can order a burger made of ...

1. Kangaroo
2. Crocodile
3. Koala
4. Fruit

Homework/ Studytime 

> § 3.1 exercises 1,2,3

>  3.2 words

 

The great barrier reef

What's Australia's nickname?

1. The Oz
2. Land Down Under
3. Kangeroo Country
4. The outback

Where on this worldmap is Australia located?

Drag the pin to the right place

00:43

The word Australia means?

1. Land
2. Dingo
3. Southern
4. Latin

01:12

How many Km is this highway?

1. 17.500
2. 15,500
3. 14,500
4. 12,500

01:34

What do you think this 'Dingo Fence' is for?

02:37

Which living being made these tallest animal-made structures?

03:18

True or false:
The Great Barrier Reef has its own -email address?

1. True
2. False

03:36

Why shouldn't you fuss with a platypus?

Write down your best answer.
The word + explanation + example sentence.