Australia and Oceania World Atlas

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more than 5 million square miles.

Antarctica is ... (size)

70% of the world's fresh water

Antarctica's ice cap holds...

earthquakes

Are major earthquakes or major volcanoes more common?

exports

Australia _____ much of the wheat it produces.

27

Australia only consumes ____ percent of the wheat it produces

60 thousand years ago

How long ago did people first settle the Pacific Islands?

all year

How long is the growing season along the coast of Papua New Guinea?

smaller

The 48 states are ______ than Antarctica

Honiara

What is the capital of Solomon Islands?

Port-Vila

What is the capital of Vanuatu?

Great Barrier Reef

What is the coral reef off the northeastern coast?

glacier

What is the land cover for almost all of Greenland?

tundra

What is the land cover for most of Asia north of the Arctic Circle?

SANAE IV

What is the research station in South Africa?

Musgrave

The Macdonnell Ranges are north of the _____ Ranges.

the Antarctic Peninsula

The Weddell Sea lies between Queen Maud Land and ...

Eighty mile

The _____ Beach is near Roebuck Bay in Australia.

Gibson

The _____ Desert lies between the Great Sandy and Great Victoria Deserts

Fitzroy

The _____ River flows near the Kimberley Plateau.

two and a half miles

The ice cap on the Polar Plateau is up to _______ thick

subsistence

The land use for most of Papua new guinea is _____.

stilts

To protect buildings from permafrost, they are built on...

yes

Was the Arafura Sea between new Guinea and Australia once dry land?

skeletons of sea animals

What are coral reefs made of?

3 to 6 months and 6 to 8 months

What are the two growing seasons for new Zealand's South Island?

under sea volcanoes

What do some islands begin as?

Canberra

What is the capital of Australia?

Wellington

What is the capital of New Zealand?

Port Moresby

What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?

broadleaf forest

What is the land cover for North Island in New Zealand?

broadleaf forest

What is the land cover for Tasmania?

needleleaf forest

What is the land cover for most of Europe between 60 degree N and the Arctic Circle?

tundra

What is the land cover for most of the United States north of the Arctic Circle?

desert

What is the land cover in most of the Western Plateau?

Great Australia Blight

What is the large bay south of Australia?

Maitri

What is the research station in India?

Syowa

What is the research station in Japan?

Vostok

What is the research station in Russia?

Amundsen-Scott

What is the research station in the United States?

Tasman Sea

What is the sea between Australia and New Zealand?

coral sea

What is the sea northeast of Australia?

around the Equator

Where are the earth's warm water zones in which coral reefs can form?

Western Australia

Which Australian state contains the Great Sandy, Gibson, and Great Victoria Deserts?

Antarctica

Which continent has no coral reefs along its coast?

South America

Which has more major earthquakes, Australia or South America?

North America

Which has more major volcanoes, North America or Australia?

Australian Capital Territory

Which small territory contains Australia's national capital, Canberra?

South Australia

Which state contains Gairdner, Torrens, and Kati Thanda-Eyre Lakes?

Victoria

Which state contains Melbourne and the Australian Alps?

New South Whales*

Which state contains Sydney and the southern portion of the Great Dividing Range?

Tasmania

Which state is an island?

Queens Land

Which state's northernmost point is Cape York Peninsula?

Northern territory

Which territory contains Victoria and Daly Rivers?

climate change

Why are some coral reefs dying?

The world's largest tectonic plate is in the Pacific Ocean

Why are there so many volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean?

deep seas

Why were Asian species never able to reach Australia?

Australia

Along which continent's northern coast are there many coral reefs?

eastern coast

Along which of Africa's coasts are the most coral reefs located?

98% ice and snow

Antarctica is covered by...

both

Canada has ____ continuous and scattered permafrost.

Asia

Continent northwest of Australia

Antarctica

Continent south of Australia

8 to 12 months

How long is the growing season for most of Australia?

5 thousand miles

How many miles is Sydney, Australia, from Tokyo, Japan?

Sea levels dropped and animals walked across

How were animals able to cross from continent to continent during the Ice Ages?

no

Iceland has _____ continuous or scattered permafrost.

deep mud

In the summer, seasonal permafrost becomes...

Polynesia

In what Pacific Region are Hawaii and New Zealand?

Melanesia

In what Pacific Region are New Guinea and Fiji?

scattered

Most of Alaska between 60 degree N and the Arctic Circle is _____ permafrost.

ranching or herding

Most of New Zealand is used for ______.

commercial

Most of the east coast of Australia is used for _____ farming.

continuous

Most of the land north of Arctic Circle is _____ permafrost.

Pacific Ocean

Ocean east of Australia

Indian Ocean

Ocean west of Australia

land that is frozen much or all of the year

Permafrost is ...


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