Types of Outdoor environments

Question 1

ALPINE

Answer 1

• The word ‘alpine’ is often used to describe any high mountain area.
• The term refers to area’s above a certain altitude that are treeless because of prolonged low temperatures.
• The Victorian alps encompasses approximately 500,000 hectares of the northeast and east of the state and extend along the Great Dividing Range, including Isolate plateaus such as Lake Mountain, Mount Baw Baw and Mount Buffalo.

Question 2

COASTAL

Answer 2

rugged eroded cliffs.

Exposure to the power of large waves generated in the Southern Ocean has produced the rugged, eroded landforms that characterise much of the western coastline.

Some of the other factors that influence coastal vegetation are related to wind, salt and natural land instability.

Primary dunes are colonised by grasses and herbs, whilst salt marsh and mangroves.

Question 3

GRASSLANDS

Answer 3

Less than 1 percent of Victoria’s native grasslands remain intact today and these mostly occur in small areas, which are at risk of urban developments, weed invasion, salinity and agricultural practices.