https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr By: Zoe Bumiller en-us 2018-05-03 17:27:02 UTC 2025-10-09 01:09:14 UTC hello@padlet.com zoe_bumiller https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/257770047 The introduction is about absolute and relative location. Absolute location is when the location has actually coordinates. Relative Location is where the location is in relation to the actual location.]]> 2018-05-03 17:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/257770047 zoe_bumiller https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/258103664 In this section it talks about how Australia drifted down underneath and the animal biodiversity in Australia. There was a theory and it was called the Continental Drift Theory (Pangaea). This states that once all the continents were together and then they started drifting away from each other. 


]]> 2018-05-04 17:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/258103664 zoe_bumiller https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/258108209 In this chapter it talks about how after America won independence from Great Britain. They started sending prisoners to Australia and putting them in jail so they were far away from Britain. Even though Australia gained independence in 1901, they still kept a part of Britain in their flag. ]]> 2018-05-04 17:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/258108209 zoe_bumiller https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259373161 In this section it talks about how there used to be a "white Australia" policy, which made the immigrants have to say a 50 word read-aloud in European. They did this because they mainly wanted white Europeans. This policy ended in the 1970s, then the country allowed anyone into Australia. Now, Australia has around 200,000 immigrants and half of them are coming from Asia. People migrate to Australia for both push and pull reasons. Some are refugees fleeing wars. Others come seeking an education or a good job. A century ago, more than half of Australia's exports went to Britain. Today few exports go to Europe. The country now looks closer to home for trade. The cost of shipping goods to nearby countries is much less than shipping to Europe.

]]> 2018-05-09 17:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259373161 zoe_bumiller https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259378244 Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, which means it is summer in December, January, February, and March. This happens because Earth tilts on the axis. Because of this tilt, the Southern Hemisphere receives more sunlight between December and March. One advantage of living in Australia is there is a lot of tourists who come for the summer months. Another advantage is countries such as the United States and Japan import out-of-season flowers and fruit.


]]> 2018-05-09 17:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259378244 zoe_bumiller https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259410545 There are many unusual animals. Australia was separated from the rest of the continents a very long time ago. Its plants and animals were isolated. They developed without contact with other species elsewhere. The plants and animals have to adapt to the wide variety of climates. In the northeast it is hot and humid. In the center the country is arid. Another reason why there are so many exotic animals in Australia is because The European brought them over.  ]]> 2018-05-09 18:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259410545 zoe_bumiller https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259414902 In this chapter it talks about how in Australia the ozone hole is thinning, which is making it harder for people to prevent skin cancer or other skin diseases. The first layer in the atmosphere is the air we breath, next is the ozone layer, the ozone layer makes sure that the UV light doesn't reach earth. ]]> 2018-05-09 18:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_bumiller/e4670pftbtrr/wish/259414902