Tectonic Plate Flashcards

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Tech tonic plate

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Large piece of Earth’s crust

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Marsupial

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Animal with a pouch to carry young, like kangaroos

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Fiord

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Narrow bay from sea bordered by steep cliffs

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Outback

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Area a few people specifically Eric in the arid region of australia area

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Great dividing Range

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A series of plateaus and mountain ranges Australia

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North Island

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Smaller and more north end of the two islands composing music

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South Island

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Larger and more southern island of two islands

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Canterbury plains

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Lowland area of south central South Island, N Z

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High island

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Pacific island formed by a volcanoe usually mountainous

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Low island

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Pacific island that is a reef or small coral island in shape of ring

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Atoll

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Island made of coral , in shape of a ring

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Melanesia

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Most populous of three island groups, with Fiji Guam and Marshall Islands

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Polynesia

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Largest of the groups, with Hawaii, New Zealand Easter and Tahiti islands

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Papua New Guinea

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An island country in southwest pacific, eastern half of New Zealand , independent state.

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Penal colony

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Place settled by convicts or prisoners, British founded first colony.

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Station

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In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle

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Aborigine

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Earliest people of Australia, from Asia over 40000 years ago

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Maori

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Earliest people to live in New Zealand , from Polynesia 1000 years ago.

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Easter island

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An eastern island in eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Polynesia

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Auckland

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Largest city in New Zealand, on north island

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Artesian well

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A deep well drilled into earth to tap groynd water in porous rock

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Sydney

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The capital of New South Wales on southeastern Australia

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Alice springs

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A town in Northern Territory Australia