Chapter 11: The Austral Realm

Question 1

Austral

Answer 1

south

Question 2

Austral

Answer 2

south

Question 3

Southern Ocean

Answer 3

the ocean surrounding Antarctica

Question 4

Subtropical Convergence

Answer 4

a narrow marine transition zone, girdling the globe at approximately latitude 40 S, that marks the equator-ward limit of the frigid Southern Ocean and the pole-ward limits of the warmer Atlantic , Pacific, and Indian oceans to the north

Question 5

West Wind Drift

Answer 5

the clockwise movement of water as a current that circles around Antarctica in the Southern Ocean

Question 6

Biogeography

Answer 6

the study of flora (plant life) and fauna (animal life) in spatial perspective

Question 7

Wallace’s Line

Answer 7

the zoo geographical boundary proposed by Alfred Russel Wallace that separates the marsupial fauna of Australia and New Guinea from the non-marsupial fauna of Indonesia

Question 8

Aboriginal population

Answer 8

native or aboriginal peoples; often used to designate the inhabitants of areas that were conquered and subsequently colonized by the imperial powers of Europe