1. What is the main structural feature of the Australian continent?

1. The Great Dividing Range
2. The Outback
3. The Great Sandy Desert
4. The Great Barrier Reef
5.  The Australian Parliament

2. What is the oldest mountain range in Australia?

1. The Flinders Ranges
2. The Great Dividing Range
3. The Great Sandy Desert
4. The Australian Alps

3. What is the most common type of rock found in Australia?

1. Granite
2. Sandstone
3. Basalt
4. Limestone
5. The Stubbie

4. What type of fault is responsible for the formation of the Great Dividing Range?

1. Thrust Fault
2. Strike-slip Fault
3. Reverse Fault
4. Normal Fault
5. The Dog did it!

5. What type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Great Dividing Range?

1. Convergent
2. Divergent
3. Transform
4. Subduction

6. What type of tectonic activity is responsible for the formation of the Great Dividing Range?

1. Volcanism
2. Oceanic Subduction
3. Continental Collision
4. Continental Rifting

7. What is the name of the geological time period when the Australian continent first began to form?

1. Carboniferous
2. Permian
3. Jurassic
4. Cretaceous
5. It’s not really a continent

8. What is the most common type of volcanic rock found in Australia?

1. Granite
2. Andesite
3. Basalt
4. Rhyolite

9. What is the name of the large area of low lying sedimentary rock in central Australia?

1. The Kimberleys
2. The Outback
3. The Great Sandy Desert
4. The Great Artesian Basin

10. What type of fold is responsible for the formation of the Great Dividing Range?

1. Anticline
2. Syncline
3. Monocline
4. Dome

Answers & Scoring

1. A—1pt
2. A—2pt
3. B—1pt
4. A—2pt
5. A—2pt
6. C—1pt
7. B—3pt
8. C—1pt
9. D—1pt
10. A—2pt