Year 9 Geography Readings Year 9 Geog -

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Year 9 Geography Readings Year 9 Geog - Australia’s Environment Lesson 1 - Intro to Year 9 Geography Write down the heading. ____________________________________________________________________ What do you think this piece of writing is about?_________________________________________________ Is it descriptive, informative or persuasive?_____________________________________________________ Read the piece of writing and circle any words whose meaning you are not sure of. Underline the following words: continent, origins, Aboriginal, geographical, physical, unique, landforms, resources, vegetation, latitude, longitude, What are you studying in your first term of Year 9 Geography?__________________________________________ What two perspectives of the origin of the continent are to be covered? ___________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What do you think will be the most interesting topic and why? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ First Term Geography. In the first term of you Year Nine Geography study there will be a focus on the unique characteristics of Australia’s physical environments and the responses of people to the challenges they present Areas to be covered include: The Australian Continent: Australia’s Geographical Dimensions: relative size and shape, and latitude and longitude, The origins of the continent: Aboriginal perspective and the geographical perspective. Physical characteristics that make Australia unique including major landforms and drainage basins and patterns of natural resources and vegetation. Students will learn to: compare Australia’s size and shape with other continents and countries locate and recognise Australia on a world map using latitude and longitude explain the origins of the continent from an Aboriginal and geographical perspective identify and represent Australia’s major physical features and patterns on a variety of maps describe Australia’s major physical features and patterns explain the interrelationships that exist in the physical environment of Australia explain adaptations of flora and fauna to the Australian environment describe the range of natural hazards in Australia and their consequences Year 9 Geog - Australia’s Environment Lesson 2 - Size and Shape Write down the heading. ____________________________________________________________________ What do you think this piece of writing is about?_________________________________________________ Is it descriptive, informative or persuasive?_____________________________________________________ Read the piece of writing and circle any words whose meaning you are not sure of. Underline the following words: climate, deserts, eroding, Great Australian Bight, influences, latitudes, rainfall, sediment What was the name of the ancient landmass that joined Australia to New Guinea? _____________________________ Why is Australia so dry? ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What do you think Australia would have looked like millions of years ago?____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Shape of the continent The shape of the continent is