Biological isolation‚ geological stability and an erratic climate helps to explain how everything in Australia and everything in it. Biological isolation shows how the flora and fauna can easily adapt‚ in the isolation from other previously connected continents. The geological stability has been quite common in recent years for Australia‚ because Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate. An erratic climate affect majorly on reproductive cycles and the survival rate of flora and fauna. These
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Australia’s Flora and Fauna Using the internet and the websites provided‚ answer the following questions and complete the profile. Questions 1. Define the terms: * Flora Plants * Fauna Animals * Monotreme A primitive mammal which lays eggs. Marsupial A mammal of an order (Marsupialia) whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch * Eucalyptus Fast-growing evergreen Australasian tree * Endemic (of a disease or condition)
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The Australian land and its flora and fauna are very unique compared to other continents. There are three main reasons for this‚ biological isolation‚ geological stability and the erratic climate. Firstly biological isolation has meant that over the last 40 million years Australia has been separated from all other continents‚ this was the cause from the separation from Gondwanaland around 55 million years ago. This means the Australian flora and fauna has been able to evolve in isolation from all
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Why is the flora and fauna of Australia so unique? Evolution is ultimately an unpredictable process. Although it can be predicted in the short term through knowledge of natural selection and inheritance‚ long term evolution is randomly altered by the interaction of highly variable factors. Such factors include the randomness of genetic diversity within a species and the process of natural selection acting upon this. Also significantly altering evolution is the unpredictable movement of tectonic plates
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Australia’s unique flora and fauna Australia has over 1 million different native species. Australia’s unique variety of plants and wildlife has evolved as a result of our countries unique conditions. This is a result of Australia’s geographical isolation. From deserts to rainforests‚ mountains and plains; this environment has created unique animals suited to their environments. As a result: * Australia has 10% of the world’s biodiversity. * Out of 20‚000 species of vascular plants 4 in 5
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| Flora and Fauna | | 10/3/2013 | | Outline Australia’s unique flora and fauna: Australia has a large variety of unique flora and fauna spread all over the continent‚ from coast to coast‚ including in the ocean. More than 80 per cent of the country’s flowering plants‚ mammals‚ reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia‚ along with most of its freshwater fish and almost half of its birds. Australia is home to more than 140 species of unique marsupials‚ including kangaroos‚ wallabies
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Flora and Fauna There was nothing but trees. The sun was shining‚ slicing through the branches and leaves. It lightly hit and reflected onto the ground‚ creating small yellow circles that illuminated sticks and small stones. What seemed to be white particles floated through the air and were only visible within the rays of sun. They fell gently and slowly towards the soil-based ground. The river I sat in front of moved rapidly. The shallow water crashed into pebbles that were spread out. Across the
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about flora and fauna‚ they are actually referring to plants and wildlife. The plants and the wildlife that are native to a particular geographical region is also called as that particular region’s flora and fauna. Both flora and fauna are collective terms because these words always refer to the collection of plants and wildlife that are in a particular environment in a specific region or time period. The word “flora” has a latin origin and actually refers to the goddess off flowers Flora. The term
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Flora and Fauna in Philippines Philippines Natural Resources Non Renewable Resources in Philippines Philippines Natural Resources Renewable Resources in Philippines Water Resources in Philippines The Philippines is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots‚ possessing more than 12‚000 different species of plants‚ 560 recognized bird species‚ 180 species of terrestrial mammals‚ 250 reptiles‚ 400 species of coral‚ and 1‚000 different fishes. A good percentage of these species are also
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Alexandra Vallarino Ricardo Acosta ENGL 101 16 November 2010 Promoting Conservation of Fauna and Flora Let’s take a look at our country. Panama is the tiny piece of land that joins North and South America. Our position in the globe gives us a climate and a type of land that holds a rich biodiversity of tropical species of both fauna and flora. Nowadays‚ ‘Panama is turning into a little Miami’‚ some people would say. There are many projects to build up the city; and in the recent years‚ the government
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