World Geo Unit 5: Quiz 1

Front 1

a group of chains or islands

Back 1

archipelagos

Front 2

a group of things next to each other

Back 2

contiguous

Front 3

variety within a group

Back 3

diversity

Front 4

people groups and other living things native to a region

Back 4

indigenous

Front 5

three regions of oceania

Back 5

micronesia, polynesia, melanesia

Front 6

australasia consists pincipally of _______ and ________

Back 6

Australia and New Zealand

Front 7

name the oceans surrounding the region

Back 7

pacific, indian, tasman, timor, arafura, coral

Front 8

deepest spot in the world:

Back 8

mariana trench

Front 9

the great dividing range is in ______

Back 9

australia

Front 10

there are actually two rivers in antarctica t/f

Back 10

true

Front 11

what island is not in oceania

Back 11

bermuda

Front 12

island formed from coral

Back 12

atoll

Front 13

sea invertebrate that helps create coral

Back 13

polyp

Front 14

lightweight, porous rock made of lava

Back 14

pumice

Front 15

better known islands in micronesia

Back 15

states of M., guam, marshall islands, north. mariana islands, wake island, palau

Front 16

better known islands in melanesia

Back 16

papua new guinea, fiji, new caledonia, soloman islands

Front 17

hawaii is also considered part of ________

Back 17

polynesia

Front 18

the only country that shares a border

Back 18

papua new guinea

Front 19

island that is home of moai

Back 19

rapa nui

Front 20

this area relies heavily on _____ to keep afloat

Back 20

tourism

Front 21

people native to australia

Back 21

aborigine

Front 22

removal of salt

Back 22

desalination

Front 23

region located between temperate and tropical climates

Back 23

subtropical

Front 24

referring to the activity within the earth that causes movements of the earth's outer layer or crust

Back 24

tectonic

Front 25

3 main landscapes of australia

Back 25

great dividing range, western plateau, central lowlands

Front 26

australia contains 95% of the worlds _______

Back 26

opals

Front 27

2 rivers in australia

Back 27

darling, murray

Front 28

great dividing range is in the ____ part of australia

Back 28

eastern

Front 29

what country was not considered part of gondwana

Back 29

asia

Front 30

original discoverers of new zealand were

Back 30

polynesians

Front 31

invertebrate similar to shrimp in size and shape

Back 31

krill

Front 32

formal agreement for rules of conduct between nations

Back 32

protocol

Front 33

an area of water between two bodies of land

Back 33

sound

Front 34

what mountain range splits antarctica in half

Back 34

transantarctic

Front 35

3 major ice shelves

Back 35

larsen, flichner-ronne, ross

Front 36

south pole first reached by

Back 36

roald amundsen

Front 37

What purpose does the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol serve?

Back 37

keeps continent unspoiled, prohibits drilling or mining of minerals

Front 38

lowest temp recorded at ______

Back 38

vostek

Front 39

lowest temp

Back 39

-125 degrees f

Front 40

3 plant types

Back 40

lichen, algae, fungi