Foja Moutains
True or False: The Foja Mountains are widely explored and visited by humans.
False; the Foja Mountain range area is widely unvisited by humans
This country is made up of over 17,000 islands, including Java and Sumatra.
What is Indonesia
A scientist who studies animals
What is a zoologist?
Where are 75% of earth's volcanoes located?
What is the Ring of Fire
what is the main body of water that flows through the heart of southeast Asia
what is the Kapuas river
True or False: The Foja Mountains have wildlife not found in any other region
True
Climate of the islands
What is a tropical climate? The climate of the archipelago is one of the wettest regions in the world
a marsupial animal that is smaller than a kangaroo
The country with the most active volcanoes
What is Indonesia?
The longest river in Southeast Asia that flows from China through several nations to the South China Sea
What is the Mekong River?
True or False: Students are going to the Foja Mountains currently to study.
False
True or False: Indonesia and the Philippines have many active volcanoes.
True
inactive referring to a volcano
What is dormant
True or False: Dormant means the volcano will never erupt again
False
What is the river through Thailand that serves as the main transportation route?
What is the Chao Praya River?
What is the nickname of the Foja Mountains?
What is the Lost World/Edge of Earth
What is the name of the volcanic zone that the islands sit on?
What is the Ring of Fire?
The variety of species in an ecosystem
What is biodiversity
Why do people live near volcanoes
What is people live near volcanoes because of the fertile soil that benefits agriculture
What three rivers run parallel through mainland Southeast Asia?
The Mekong River, the Irrawaddy River, and the Chao Phraya
In 2005, how many new species of frog were found by the researchers?
20 new frog species were found
In 2004, how many people were killed by a tsunami?
At least 225,000
The raw material used to make alluminum
what is Bauxite
How were most islands in this region formed?
The islands in the region were formed by collisions of plates
How many feet is the Irrawaddy River delta growing per year?
It is growing by about 165 ft per year