Landforms in Australia and New Zealand
The most rural and isolated parts of the Central Lowlands.
What is the Outback?
The Northern Mariana Islands experience a wet season from May to November. Based on this information, are the Mariana Islands located north or south of the Equator.
What is the North of the Equator?
coral island made up of a reef island surrounding a lagoon
What is a lagoon?
Solar energy, wind energy,
trees, fish or other seafood.
What are types of renewable resources in Oceania?
Australia, England, France, New Zealand, and the United States
The isolation of Australia and New Zealand from other landmasses meant that the plants and animals adapted to their own environment
Why animals and plants native to Australia and New Zealand are different from living things in other parts of the world?
An underlying layer of rock through which water flows.
What is an aquifer?
This bird was killed to extinction
What is the moa?
"The Land Down Under"
What is Australia?
One of the most spectacular and complex ecosystems located in the ocean waters just off Australia's northeastern shore.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Continental Island that was once part of Australia
What is the New Guinea Island?
Long periods of little or no rain
What is a drought?
This type of animal only eats eucalyptus leaves
What is a koala?
It contains two main islands with diverse landscapes and climates
What is New Zealand?
A massive solid stone found in the Central lowlands.
What is a monolith?
Oceania is generally hot and humid year-round. The islands have no true winter or summer, but many areas experience seasonal changes in winds
What are the factors that affect the climates of Oceania?
A native people, first people to live in a country
What are Aboriginal people?
This bird became the symbol of New Zealand
What is the Kiwi bird?
Pools of hot water that occur naturally
What are hot springs
Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
What are the three sections of Oceania?
A threat to the survival of wildlife, livestock, and farm crops. Low water reserves can lead to poor-quality drinking water for humans.
What is a drought?
A group of islands clustered together or closely scattered across an area.
What is an archipelago?
This type of animal raises its young in the pouch
What is a marsupial?
The smallest, driest, flattest continent
What is Australia?