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* * Unit3 The land down under Integrating skills The Great Barrier Reef The longest fence across Australia Different climates. The only country covering an entire continent. It is a wealthy country. native plants and animals. Para 4 Para 5 Para 2 Para 3 Para 1 T or F: It was likely that South America was once connected to Australia. Yeah! In area Australia is more or less the same as the USA. Australia has about one third of the world’s sheep and produce almost one – sixth of its wool. Australia built a long fence to keep dingoes from attacking their sheep. If you are invited to an Australian home, you will probably have a barbecue and roast a steak of fish at home. Yeah! sixth third Yeah! On an open fire 1. Australia was probably once connected to _________________. South America 2. _________ and koala bears give birth to very small and weak young. Kangaroos 3. There are over 140 species of snakes, many of which are extremely ___________. dangeroous 4. The distance from north to ______ is 3220 km. south 5. In area, Australia is the same size as the _____. USA 6. America has more than ___ times as many people as Australia. 14 7. Australia has a population of ____ million. 20 8. _______ of the country is dry or _______. Two-thirds desert 9. Australia is a _________ country. wealthy 10. Australia has the biggest _____ mines in the world. iron 11. Australia has about __________ of the world’s sheep and produces almost ________ of its wool. one-sixth one-third 12. Fruit and vegetables are grown in areas where there enough ________. water 13. Dingoes hunt at night and like to attack _____. sheep 14.Farmers use motorbikes or helicopters for the task of ________________the sheep or ________. cattle 15.The climate is ________ depending on the area. different 16. Due to the climate, much of daily life happens __________. outdoors rounding up 17. Australians like tennis, _______, swimming, outing, hiking and