Plants and Animals

1. The Bird’s Nest Fern is native to Australia. True or False?

True

2. What is Australia’s floral emblem?

Golden Wattle

3. Where would you find a Tasmanian Tiger?

Nowhere, they’re extinct

4. When was the Sturt Desert Rose adopted as the Territory’s faunal emblem?

1974

5. What was the first non-native animal introduced into Australia?

The dingo

6. A Darling River Hardyhead is a what?

Fish

7. 115 species of Australian snakes are venomous. True or False?

True

8. What is the common name given to the white and pink cockatoo found in dry regions of Australia?

Major Mitchell

9. What kind of insect is a ‘Greengrocer�?

Cicada

10. The poinsettia is native to Australia. True or False?

False, it’s native to Mexico and Central America