Check understanding

• Explain how a native vegetation type (e.g. eucalypt forest, mangroves or grasslands) provides food, shelter and other needs for animals and people
• Describe the importance of an Australian water source (e.g. the Murray–Darling Basin, a billabong or the Great Artesian Basin) to farming, towns and wildlife
• Compare the importance of an Australian environment with one on another continent (e.g. the Amazon rainforest) for people and animals

“Can your child explain why places like the Murray River or eucalypt forests are so important for animals, farms and towns in Australia?”