Vocabulary

DISCOVERING NEW PLACES

1. Match each word to the correct picture. Then try to identify each adjective with its geographical feature. (MATCHING)

Names			Adjectives
1.    Cave 2.    Cliff 3.    Field 4.    Glacier 5.    Ground 6.    Hill	7.    Island 8.    Sea 9.    Stream 10. Swamp 11. Valley 12. Waterfall		a)   Arid b)   Damp c)    Deep d)   Dense e)   Flat f)     High	g)    Low h)   Rocky i)     Sandy j)    Shallow k)    Steep

2. Read the following texts about Australia’s geography and check vocabulary. Look up in the dictionary the words you don't know, write down the words and their definitions in a Word format document and send it to fantasticfourua@gmail.com

1) “Australia is a continent with landscapes consisting mainly of low plateaus sectioned off by rugged mountain ranges.

The Great Dividing Range is the biggest mountain range, and starts in central Victoria and ends in Northern Queensland, some several thousand kilometres in length, making it the fourth longest range in the world. An area on the Victoria and New South Wales border receives more snow than the country of Switzerland.

Other prominent mountain ranges include The Hammersley Ranges, the Flinders Ranges, the Macdonell Ranges, the Darling Ranges, and the King Leopold Ranges.

Northern Australia is located in the tropics and the landscape consists of rainforest which leads into large areas of savanna grasslands which eventually merge into the central deserts. These deserts are the largest in the world outside of the Sahara. This part of Australia's is called the Red Centre, because of the unusual red colour in the sand.

Tasmania to the south is a mountainous island about the same size as Ireland or Sri Lanka located in the temperate climatic zone immediately below the Australian continent. One quarter of this island is protected wilderness and is similar in appearance to nearby New Zealand.

The Southwest corner of Australia is populated by Karri Forests which rate as some of the tallest trees on Earth.”

2) “A major contributor to air pollution in Australian cities is the motor vehicle, the number of which increases with rising populations. Motor vehicles are responsible for 80 to 90 per cent of carbon monoxide and lead emissions, and 50 to 80 per cent of hydrocarbon and nitrous oxide emissions. Although technological changes and regulations have kept some emissions in check, ozone and nitrogen dioxide have increased to unacceptable levels in the large cities. Photochemical smog sometimes goes above national health guidelines in areas of Sydney such as the south-west and around Melbourne. It is because of concerns about air quality that the NSW Government has decided to limit housing development in the south-west of Sydney. However, since the pollutants flow there from elsewhere in the city, this may be a rather limited solution.

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