Chapter 7

Question 0

Tectonic plate

Answer 0

A large piece of the earths crust

Question 1

Marsupial

Answer 1

An animal such as a kangaroo or koala that carries it’s young in a body pouch

Question 2

Geyser

Answer 2

A hot spring that shoots scalding water into the air

Question 3

Fiord

Answer 3

A narrow bay or inlet from the sea bordered by steep cliffs

Question 4

Great dividing range

Answer 4

A series of plateaus an mountain ranges in east Australia

Question 5

Outback

Answer 5

In general, a remote area with few people, specifically, the arid inland region of Australia

Question 6

North island

Answer 6

The smaller and more northern of the two islands composing New Zealand

Question 7

South Island

Answer 7

The larger and more northern of the two islands composing New Zeeland

Question 8

Canterbury Plain

Answer 8

The lowland area of east central South Island, New Zeeland

Question 9

High island

Answer 9

A pacific island that has been formed by a volcano and is usually mountainous

Question 10

Low island

Answer 10

A pacific island that that is a reef or small coral island In the shape of a ring

Question 11

Atoll

Answer 11

An island made of coral and shaped like a ring

Question 12

Coral

Answer 12

A rocklike material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures

Question 13

Melanesia

Answer 13

The most populous of the the three groups of Pacific Islands, includes Fiji, Papua, New Guinea, and others

Question 14

Micronesia

Answer 14

One of the three groups of pacific islands, includes Guam, the Marshal Islands, and others

Question 15

Polynesia

Answer 15

The largest of the three groups of Pacific islands, including New Zeeland, Hawaii, Easter, and Tahiti islands

Question 16

Papua New Guinea

Answer 16

An island country in the southwest pacific, the eastern half of New Guinea, officially the independent state of Papa New Guinea.

Question 17

Penal colony

Answer 17

A place settled by convicts or prisoners, the British founded the first colony in Australia

Question 18

Station

Answer 18

In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle range

Question 19

Aborigine

Answer 19

The earliest people to live in Australia

Question 20

Maori

Answer 20

The earliest people to live in new Zeeland, came from Polynesia about 1000 years ago

Question 21

Easter island

Answer 21

An island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Polynesia, known for its giant human head statues

Question 22

Auckland

Answer 22

The largest city in New Zeeland

Question 23

Artesian well

Answer 23

A deep well drilled into the earth to tap ground water

Question 24

Sydney

Answer 24

The capital of New South Wales

Question 25

Alice springs

Answer 25

A town in Northern Territory, Australia