Are you ready to start?
CAN YOU REMEMBER
ALL OF THEM?
Fruits
Countries
Sports
Jobs
Animals
Where do camels ussually live ?
List 6 things related to deserts
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DESERTS
Unit 9:
SET THE LIST
GAME:
Animals living in the desert
Plants growing in the desert
Countries containing deserts.
Directions
orth
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outh
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Places
AUSTRALIA
NULLABOR PLAIN
GREAT SANDY
GREAT VICTORIA DESERT
GIBBON
TANAMI
Events/ Numbers:
1845
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1929
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1936
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1939
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10m high
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70km long
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15km wide
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20m high
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VOCAB CHECK
SIMPSON DESERT

TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS

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Task 2
ASK & ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. What are the names of the three great stretches of sandy desert which circle the centre of Australia?
2. Where is the Simpson Desert ?
3. When did the 1st European enter the desert ?
4. Who was Simpson ?
5. How did Colson and an Australia Aborigine travel across the desert ?
6. What are the dunes like in the western and the northern parts of the desert ?
7. How may kinds of grass grow in the Simpson Desert? What are they?
Write down the location of the Simpson Desert
Simpson Desert
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Write down the location of the Simpson Desert
Simpson
Desert
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The Macdonnel Ranges
Lake Eyre
The Mulligan river
The Diamantia
The Macumba river
The Finke river
The Macdonnel Ranges
HOMEWORK