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Central Australia Quiz: Test Your Knowledge!

Test your knowledge of Central Australia - one of Earth’s last great wild places. Click on the links that you think best answer each quiz question below. Good luck!

1. Deserts and aridlands cover how much of the Earth’s land surface?
   1. 5 percent
   2. 15 percent
   3. 30 percent
   4. 50 percent
2. Experts predict that the possible effects of climate change on Central Australia are:
   1. The spread of invasive species and disease to larger areas
   2. Altered amount and timing of naturally-occurring fires
   3. Extended time between rains
   4. All of the above
3. Australia has the worst mammal species extinction rate in the world.
   1. True
   2. False
4. Protected areas can help stop and reverse the wave of mammal extinctions in Australia by:
   1. Protecting the diversity of small mammals
   2. Stopping predation be feral cats and foxes
   3. Providing sites for future reintroduction of animals that are extinct in some regions
   4. Both A. and C.
5. The aridlands of Central Australia cover how much of Australia?
   1. 15 percent
   2. 45 percent
   3. 75 percent
   4. 90 percent
6. Ranching in Central Australia is damaging the region’s natural systems by:
   1. Consuming vegetation and water desperately needed by native species
   2. Dividing the landscape and causing habitat fragmentation
   3. Reducing rainfall and causing drought
   4. Both A. and B.
7. The conservation purchase of the Kalamurina property in Central Australia will protect how many acres of critical habitat between two massive existing preserves?
   1. 1.7 acres
   2. 170 acres
   3. 170,000 acres
   4. 1.7 million acres

Quiz Scoring Guide

• 0-2 correct: Hmmm... You still have a lot to learn about Central Australia!
• 3-5 correct: You are getting there. Here is some more information on Australia!
• 6-7 correct: You are a Central Australia whiz! But are you taking action to protect Australia?

Beginners and experts alike can watch a slideshow of some of the amazing species that live in Central Australia.