Australia
Most of Australia has ________ elevation
low
The names of New Zealand's 2 islands
North Island and South Island
Antarctica has the ______________ elevation of any continent
Pools of hot water that occur naturally
Hot springs
Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica are all located in the _____________ Hemisphere
Southern
The most rural and isolated parts of the central lowlands
The Outback
The two islands that make up New Zealand are located in the _______________________ Pacific Ocean
Southeastern
Antarctica is the world's _________-largest continent
fifth
Hot springs that sometimes shoot hot water out of the ground
Geysers
The indigenous people of Australia
Aboriginal
One of the few living structures you can see from space
The Great Barrier Reef
Geographers using special equipment detect more than 15,000 ________________ in New Zealand every year
earthquakes
This body of water surrounds Antarctica on all sides
The Southern Ocean
A thick layer of ice and compressed snow that forms a solid crust over an area of land.
ice sheet
Europeans began migrating to Australia and New Zealand in the 1700s because of the region's abundant...
Natural resources
The Aboriginal name for the monolith (massive stone) in the Central Lowlands
Uluru
One-third of New Zealand’s lands are protected as...
national parks and nature reserves
Nicknames for Antarctica
The Last Continent
The Bottom of the World
Coral reefs are held together by _______ and tiny bits of plant and animal matter that become stuck in the reefs.
algae
Plant and animal species in Australia and New Zealand evolved in _____________, causing them to be unique from species on any other continent
isolation
This is where you can find 15 species of the of the eucalypts
Tasmania
Due to the fertile volcanic soil, this region is home to the best and most productive farmlands on the North Island of New Zealand
Waikato
This enormous mountain range divides the continent into two regions: East Antarctica and West Antarctica
The Transantarctic Mountains
A thick slab of ice that is attached to a coastline but floats on the ocean
Ice shelf
The coasts of Australia have the highest population because the climate is mostly ______________
Humid Subtropical/ Marine West Coast