MICRONESIA, MELANESIA, AND POLYNESIA

What islands make up Polynesia?

French Polynesia and Tahiti; American Samoa; Samoa; Easter Island (Rapa Nui); Cook Islands; Pitcairn Island; Tonga.

This island nation is the only one that shares a border with another country.

Papua New Guinea

What islands make up Melanesia?

Papua New Guinea; Fiji; New Caledonia; The Solomon Islands.

Even though Hawaii is one of the fifty U.S. states, it is also considered part of _____.

Polynesia

------- Island is home to mysterious stone figures carved from hardened volcanic ash.

Rapa Nui

Select only the islands and island groups that belong to Micronesia.

Wake Island Marshall Islands Palau Northern Mariana Islands Guam

pumice

a lightweight, porous rock made from lava

polyp

a sea invertebrate that helps to create coral

What are some characteristics of a tropical climate?

abundant rainfall throughout the entire year a number of major storms such as typhoons

atoll

an island formed from coral

A common environmental issue for many islands is _____.

deforestation

deforestation

the removal of trees over a widespread area of land