Vocab
A unique country that is surrounded by water, it is the same as an island but geographers classify it as continent because of its size.
What is Australia
A string of more than 2,500 small reefs formed from coral, the limestone skeletons of a tiny sea animal. It extends 1,250 miles.
What is the Barrier Reef
Hot and humid year round.
What is Oceania climate?
The tallest mountain in Australia.
What is mt. Kosciusko
Largest City in Australia.
What is Sydney Australia?
Thousands of islands, differing in size and extending across millions of square miles of the pacific ocean.
What is Oceania
Shallow low pools of clear water, and usually only rise about a foot above sea level.
What is lagoons
Equitorial, Tropical, Sub-tropical, Desert, Grassland and Temperate.
What is the climate for Australia?
Highest point on Antarctica
What is Vinson Massif?
The capital of Australia?
What is Canberra?
What is Wattle
Low islands formed by the buildup of coral reefs.
What is atolls
The calm within the doldrums that can change to violent storms.
What is Typhoons
Australia is dived by ...
What is the Great Dividing Range?
Flightless bird in Antarctica.
What is a penguin?
A native small shrub that carpets land where prehistoric volcanoes erupted.
What is Manuka
A generally windless area that occupies a narrow band of ocean near the equator.
What is doldrums
Climate is mostly arid-desert and subtropical.
What is climate zone of Oceania
This largest landform region covers about 70% of Australia.
What is the Western Plateau?
Wells that are pressurized to push water to the surface.
What is Artesian Wells
Range of mountains on south island.
What is southern Alps
The Antarctic continent is divided into two regions: East Antarctica and West Antarctica, by a mountain system.
What is Transact Arctic Mountains
What is climate zone of Oceana
The oldest landform in Australia.
What is the The Pilbara
Only 6 percent of Australia's land is used for this.(Arable).
What is farm land