1.7 Questions- Australia's Unique Flora and Fauna

1. Because Australia has being isolated to other countries for 50 million years that the plants and animals have evolved separately from those in other parts of  the world.

2. Due to the stability of the continent.

3. Endemic means species that are found nowhere else in the world.

4. 89%

5. Australia has three major areas of biodiversity which are the Great Barrier Reef, tropical rainforest of Queensland and the South-West Botanical Province of Western Australia.

6. The tropical rainforests of Queensland

7. Marsupials are mammals that carry their young in a pouch.

8.Monotremes are egg-laying mammals.

9. Kangaroos are typically larger than wallabies which are a small form of the kangaroo.

10. The duck-billed platypus which is a monotreme/egg-laying mammals which is only found in Australia. The females usually lay 2-3 eggs every time and lay them in a burrow. The platypus has webbed feet, a long bill and a paddle-like tail.