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

The Australian desert covers about _____ per cent of that continent.

  1. 45%

  2. 30%

  3. 50%

  4. 70%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
70% of the Australian mainland is classified as semi-arid, arid or desert; making it the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Only Antarctica is drier.

There are ten deserts in Australia: the Great Victoria Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Tanami Desert, Simpson Deset, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert, Tirari Desert, Pedirka Desert.

Only 3% of the Australian population live in the desert.

The main reason for the formation of the Australian deserts is their location. Like most major deserts across the world the they are found around a certain latitude (roughly 30° north/south of the equator) where the weather phenomena create a dry climate.
Multiple choice geography australia - location, political divisions and physical features australia australia australia - geographical features

Machine shear is known as _________.

  1. mechanical shearing

  2. blade shear

  3. guillotine

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
guillotine,
The machine used is called a squaring shear, power shear, or guillotine.


Shearing machines are multipurpose devices used in the cutting of alloys and other sheet metal. Some shearing machines use a scissor-like, angular shear action to cut metal into sheets or strips. Other, larger machines use a straight shear action with the blade fixed at an angle as opposed to the angular movement.

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

When was the Bowen method developed for removing wool? 

  1. 1878

  2. 1950

  3. 1963

  4. 1987
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

1950,

Wool removal,
It is shorn using a mechanical handpiece. The wool is removed by following an efficient set of movements, devised by Godfrey Bowen in 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

What does the shearers who "tally"more than 200 sheep per day are known?

  1. rapid shearers

  2. fast shearers

  3. gun shearers

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

Gun shearers.
Shearers who “tally” more than 400 sheep per day when shearing crossbreds, or around 200 for finer wool sheep such as merino, are known as “gun shearers”. Gun shearers using blade shears are usually shearers that have shorn at least 200 sheep in a day.

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

Which of the following continent is believed to be the oldest?

  1. Australia

  2. Asia

  3. America

  4. Europe
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Among the given options Australia is the oldest continent. Human in-habitation began between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. It is a country as well as a continent. The capital city of Australia is Canberra. It has six states. It is an island surrounded by Indian and Pacific oceans. 

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.