Geography
The United States of America are located on which of the 7 continents?
North America
Hawaiʻi is part of which island group of Oceania?
Polynesia
Which type of island is a high island formed by a volcano?
Volcanic island
The study of rocks. It is the study of how and where the Earth was formed, and is about land as well as oceans.
Geology
True of False: Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur because of the movement of the plates, especially as plates interact at their edges or boundaries.
True
Germany is located in which continent?
Europe
The Marshall Islands are a part of which island group of Oceania?
Micronesia
True or False: reef island is a type of high island
False
Openings in the Earth’s crust. Sometimes magma comes out of the openings.
Volcanoes
True of False: Tsunamis are only dangerous when it reaches shallow water.
True
Laos is located on which continent?
The Cook Islands are a part of which island group in Oceania?
Polynesia
Which type of island has shallow water between the reef and the island called a lagoon?
atoll
What is the difference between lava and magma?
Magma is liquid rock that is below the Earthʻs crust, lava is magma that is on the surface of the Earth.
Russia is located in which two continents?
Europe and Asia
20% is in Eastern Europe and 80% is in Asia
What continent is also a country?
Australia
New Caledonia is a part of which island group in Oceania?
Melanesia
Which type of island tends to be large, older, and was once a part of a larger land mass?
Continental island
A ring of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean where most of the worldʻs active volcanoes are located.
The Ring of Fire
True or False: Mauna Loa on Hawaiʻi Island is an extinct volcano, meaning it can no longer erupt as there is no opening for magma to come through.
False; Mauna Loa is a dormant volcano and can still erupt.
Name the 7 continents and the 5 oceans without making a mistake.
N. and S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica; Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern (Antarctic)
Guam is a part of which island group in Oceania?
Micronesia
Atolls that have been raised as the crust of the Earth moved. Parts of the reef now form cliffs above the water. There is no lagoon in the middle, only dry land. These islands are flat on top and can get up to several hundred feet above the sea.
Raised coral islands
The Earth’s crust is broken into several huge pieces, called ______, each about 50 miles thick. These “float” very, very slowly on top of the Earth’s hot, flexible interior.
plates
Most of the plants and animals that made their way into Oceania originated in which continent?
Asia