Australia
Oceania
Great Barrier Reef
Animals from Down Under
Maps
100
The largest city and cultural heart of Australia
Sydney
100
The capital of Fiji.
Suva
100
Calcium, calcium carbonate, or limestone makes up the composition of ______________.
Coral Skeletons
100
A loud and noisy animal whose cry sounds like human laughter.
Kookaburra
100
Papua New Guinea
200
The largest coral reef in the world.
the Great Barrier Reef
200
The largest atoll in the world.
Kwajalein.
200
The only gastropod capable of directly killing humans.
the cone shell
200
These animals get all their water and nutrients from the eucalyptus trees.
Koalas
200
Tasman Sea
300
Australia's highest point.
Mount Kosciuszko
300
Discoverer of the Solomon Islands.
Alvaro de Mendana
300
The distance of the reef to the mainland on the northern edge.
4.5 miles
300
A flightless, nocturnal bird that burrows in the ground and sniffs out its food with nostrils at the end of its beak.
Kiwi
300
Polynesia
400
The low mountains, plateaus, and hills that run parallel to the east coast of Australia.
the Great Dividing Range.
400
The most populous island in all of Micronesia.
Guam
400
The length of the Great Barrier Reef in miles.
1250 miles.
400
The largest species of this animal grows taller than a man and can travel up to 30 miles per hour.
Kangaroo
400
Great Dividing Range
500
The worlds largest monolith.
Uluru, or Ayers Rock
500
The former name of Kiribati.
the Gilbert Islands
500
Microscopic plant cells that live on the fleshy tissues of corals and are responsible for the dull olive or brown coloration.
Zooxanthellae
500
This mammal can devour the carcass of its prey, including the bones in a very short time.
Tasmanian Devil
500
New Zealand