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Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Who is the leading producer of wool in the world?

  1. Bhutan

  2. Congo

  3. Australia

  4. England
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Australia
Australia is a leading producer of wool which is mostly from Merino sheep but has been eclipsed by China in terms of total weight. New Zealand (2016) is the third-largest producer of wool, and the largest producer of crossbred wool.
Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Which type of transhumance is more susceptible to being disrupted by climatic, economic or political change? 

  1. Vertical transhumance

  2. Horizontal transhumance

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Horizontal transhumance involves moving livestock across large, often flat, geographic areas. This makes it more vulnerable to disruptions from political borders, economic shifts, or climatic changes compared to vertical transhumance, which is typically confined to mountain slopes.

Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Bowen technique in Australia was developed and promoted by__________.

  1. Shepherd group

  2. Australian wool corporation

  3. Colonial rulers

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Australian wool corporation
It is shorn using a mechanical handpiece. The wool is removed by following an efficient set of movements, devised by Godfrey Bowen in c. 1950, (the Bowen Technique) or the Tally-Hi method developed in 1963 and promoted by the Australian Wool Corporation.

Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

 In Australia, CSIRO has developed  ________method of shearing.

  1. non-mechanical

  2. mechanical

  3. blade method

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) developed a non-mechanical method of shearing, often referred to as chemical shearing or biological wool harvesting, to improve efficiency.

Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Murray and Darling rivers fall in ________.

  1. The gulf of Carpentaria

  2. Pacific ocean

  3. Encounter Bay

  4. Indian ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Encounter Bay

The Murray–Darling Basin is the catchment for Australia's largest river system. The Murray and the Darling rivers are Australia's longest rivers.

The Basin covers an area of more than 1 million square kilometres, which is equal to 14% of mainland Australia. The Basin includes 75% of New South Wales, more than 50% of Victoria, 15% of Queensland, 8% of South Australia, and all of the Australian Capital Territory. The Basin area is the 20th largest river catchment in the world.
The Basin is bounded by the Great Dividing Range, including the Australia Alps, where snow lies for several months every winter. The north and west of the Basin is flat and semi-arid, taking in environments such as saltbush shrublands and mulga lands.
Most rivers rise in the Great Dividing Range but most of the river system is spread across riverine plains of low elevation and very low gradients. Compared with other rivers of the world, the rivers of the Basin have carved winding courses across the landscape and are slow flowing, in areas that are very dry, hot and receive little rainfall. The Basin is one of the flattest catchments in the world.

Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

What is the most typical Australian tree?

  1. Oak

  2. Pine

  3. Eucalyptus

  4. Rubber
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Eucalyptus

Certainly your everyday eucalypts and native varieties such as native cypress and the prehistoric Wollami Pine.
We also have a plethora of exotic varieties from around the world such as oak, elm, pines, paulownia, and maples.
Then we also have your commercial trees used in agriculture such as stone fruits and nuts.
It all depends on the environment and climate and who had settled in that area and introduced a tree from their own native lands, to make themselves feel a little more at home.

Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Land of the Golden Fleece is ____________.

  1. Bhutan

  2. Japan

  3. Canada

  4. Australia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

  • Fleece means woolly cover of sheep or goat. Australia is called the country of Golden Fleece. This is because it is the largest producer of wool.
  • According 2011 statistics, total wool produced in Australia was 350 million kg. 

Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

What is the second largest mineral of Australia?

  1. Gold

  2. Silver

  3. Lead

  4. Diamond
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Gold,

Australia is the world's leading producer of bauxite,ilmenite, iron ore, rutile and zircon; the second largest producer of gold, lead, lithium, manganese ore and zinc; the third largest producer of uranium; the fourth largest producer of black coal (also the largest exporter), nickel and silver