Australia
Oceania
New Zealand
Antarctica
Miscellaneous
100
The location of the Great Barrier Reef
What is the northeast coast of Australia
100
A dry, virtually treeless land
What is Nullarbor Plain
100
The two main parts of New Zealand
What is North and South Island
100
Landform that divides Antarctica into two distinct areas
What is the Transantarctic Mountains
100
A windless area near the equator
What are doldrums
200
Wells from which pressurized water flows to the surface
What is an artesian well
200
The meaning of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.
What is "tiny islands," "black islands," and "many islands"
200
New Zealand's most fertile area
What is the Canterbury Plains
200
Restricts Antarctica to scientific research
What is an international agreement
200
Makes up the Great Barrier Reef
What is thousands of small coral reefs
300
Most of Australia's rivers begin here
What is the Great Dividing Range
300
Describe the different amounts of precipitation on the different types of islands in Oceania
What is precipitation varies from island to island. Low islands receive little rainfall. High islands can receive as much as 150 inches annually
300
New Zealand's most important resource.
What is land or soil
300
The two things air loses as it rises over the Antarctic Plateau
What is moisture and heat
300
Use one word to describe Australia's mineral resources
What is rich
400
This area separates the Great Dividing Range and the Western Plateau
What are the Central Lowlands
400
Describe the climate and vegetation of a typical atoll
What is cool with little rainfall and grasses and shrubs
400
New Zealand's two main types of power
What is hydroelectric and geothermal
400
Causes the ice cap in Antarctica to move
What is the tremendous weight of the ice
400
Physical features that enable farming in southeast Australia
What is Murray and Darling Rivers
500
The characteristics of Australia's Central Lowlands
What is an arid expanse of grassland and desert
500
Name and describe the three types of islands
What is continental islands-formed by ancient rock from the ocean floor, low islands-islands formed by the buildup of coral reefs on submerged volcanoes, high islands-characterized by mountain ranges split by valleys that span out into coastal plains
500
Describe the climate of New Zealand
What is marine west coast climate with no temperature extremes and year-round rainfall
500
Describe the climate of Antarctica and how it affects the plant life that grows there.
What is Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, and coldest continent in the world, it is very cold year round, and that only allows for a vegetation of mosses, algae, and lichens. Only two plants in all of Antarctica flower.
500
Describe the physical geography of New Zealand
What is rugged, made up of sandy beaches, emerald hillsides, and snow-tipped mountains.
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