Animals
Vocab
Australia
New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand
100
Name an animal in North America that is a marsupial.
The opossum
100
What are geysers?
Geysers are hot spring that shoot scalding water over 100 feet in the air.
100
What is the largest island and smallest continent?
Austalia
100
New Zealand is one of the _______ islands in the Pacific
largest
100
Both have ________ seasons of us because they are in the southern hemisphere.
opposite
200
Why are most birds in Australia flightless?
Australia is very far from other countries and is surrounded by water.
200
What are tectonic plates?
A large piece of the earth's crust.
200
Where do most Australians live?
the coast
200
New Zealanders use what to produce electricity ?
geysers
200
Most people who live on Australia and New Zealand live on the _____.
coast
300
What animal in New Zealand has a higher population than people?
Sheep
300
What are marsupials?
Animals that carry their young in a body pouch.
300
Colorado is about the size of New Zealand, and the ___ is about the size of Australia.
USA
300
Though New Zealand is 1,000 miles long you can't go anywhere without being hoe long from the sea?
80 miles
300
What geography feature do both countries have?
mountains
400
What is a bird that is strange looking, has a long bill, doesn't fly and only hunts at night?
The Kiwi
400
What are fiords?
A narrow inlet.
400
How long is the Great Barrier Reef?
1,250 feet
400
How tall is Mount Cook?
12,300 feet
400
What feature do both countries' mammals share?
They're all marsupials