Worksheet for PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landmarks PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landmarks at: http://www.slideshare.net/yaryalitsa/powerpoint-top-10-australian-landmarks PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landmarks includes: * Australian States and Territories and their Capital Cities; * Answers: What is a 'Landform'? * Answers: What is a 'Landmark'? * Answers: What is a 'Landscape'? From number 10 - Number 1 (countdown): Ballarat, Shark Bay, Bondi Beach, MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), Kangaroo Island, Kakadu National Park, Port Arthur, Heart Reef, Uluru (Ayers Rock), Sydney Opera House.

1. Worksheet: PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landmarks
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Worksheet: PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landmarks
Slide 2: Australian States and Territories
How many ‘States’ and how many ‘Territories’ does Australia have? ………………………………………………….
Name the States: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Name the Territories: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
What is the ‘Capital City’ of Australia? ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Which Australian States/Territories have the following Australian Capital Cities?
Capital City State/Territory? Capital City State/Territory?
Melbourne Darwin
Sydney Adelaide
Slide 3: What is a ‘Landform’?
Write a definition of what a ‘Landform’ is.
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Explain the following statement in your own words.
“A LANDFORM’s shape and ‘the character of the land’s surface’ is the result from the interaction of
physical processes.”
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Slide 4: What is a ‘Landmark’?
Where does the word ‘Landmark’ originate from?
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Today a LANDMARK can refer to what? Name three (3) examples.
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Slide 5: What is a ‘Landscape’?
Write down a definition of what a LANDSCAPE is.
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How do you think LANDFORMS and LANDSCAPES are ‘related’?
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EROSION and DEPOSITION are ‘geomorphic processes’.
What is meant by the word ‘geomorphic’?
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Describe the EROSION geomorphic process.
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Describe the DEPOSITION geomorphic process.
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Slides 6 – 15: Complete the Table
TOP 10
Australian
Landmarks
Name of Australian Landmarks
State or Territory
each can be found
One reason this place is considered a
LANDMARK.
10 Ballarat
9 Shark Bay
8 Bondi Beach
7 Melbourne Cricket Ground
6 Kangaroo Island
5 Kakadu National Park
4 Port Arthur
3 Heart Reef (GBR)
2 Uluru
1 Sydney Opera House
If not completed in class, please complete for homework.
Name of Student: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….