Australia and Oceania World Atlas
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 ...
