Oceana Notes Ch7 Flashcards
A large piece of the Earth’s crust.
Tectonic Plate
An animal, such as a kangaroo with a call out of that carries its young antibody pouch.
Marsupial
A hot spring that shoots scalding water into the air
Geyser
A narrow bay or inlet from the sea bordered by steep cliffs.
Fiord
Great Dividing Range
A series of plateaus and mountain ranges in eastern Australia.
In general, a remote area with few people, specifically, the arid inland region of Australia.
Outback
The smaller and more northern of the two islands composing New Zealand.
North Island
The larger and more southern of the two islands composing New Zealand
South Island
The lowland area of east central South Island, New Zealand.
Canterbury Plain
A Pacific island that is formed by a volcano and is usually mountainous.
High Island
A Pacific Island that is a reef or small coral island in the shape of a ring.
Low Island
An island made of coral and shaped like a ring.
Atoll
A rocklike material made up of skeletons of tiny sea creatures.
Coral
The most populous if the three groups in the Pacific Islands, includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and others.
Melanesia
One of the three groups of the Pacific Islands, includes Guam, the Marshall Islands, and others.
Micronesia
The largest of the three groups of Pacific Islands, including New Zealand, Hawaii, Easter, and Tahiti Islands.
Polynesia
An island country in the Southwest Pacific, the Eastern half of New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
A place settled by convicts or prisoners, the British founded the first colony in Australia.
Penal Colony
In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle ranch.
Station
The earliest people to live in Australia, came to Asia over 40,000 years ago.
Aboringe
The earliest people to live in New Zealand, came from Polynesia about 1000 years ago.
Maori
An island in the Eastern Pacific ocean, part of Polynesia, known for its giant human head statues
Easter Island
The largest city in New Zealand, located on North Island.
Auckland
A deep well drilled into the earth to tap groundwater in porous rock
Artesian well
The capital of new South Wales, on the southeastern coast of Australia.
Sydney
A town in Northern Territory, Australia
Alice springs
