Tectonic Plate Flashcards
Tech tonic plate
Large piece of Earth’s crust
Marsupial
Animal with a pouch to carry young, like kangaroos
Fiord
Narrow bay from sea bordered by steep cliffs
Outback
Area a few people specifically Eric in the arid region of australia area
Great dividing Range
A series of plateaus and mountain ranges Australia
North Island
Smaller and more north end of the two islands composing music
South Island
Larger and more southern island of two islands
Canterbury plains
Lowland area of south central South Island, N Z
High island
Pacific island formed by a volcanoe usually mountainous
Low island
Pacific island that is a reef or small coral island in shape of ring
Atoll
Island made of coral , in shape of a ring
Melanesia
Most populous of three island groups, with Fiji Guam and Marshall Islands
Polynesia
Largest of the groups, with Hawaii, New Zealand Easter and Tahiti islands
Papua New Guinea
An island country in southwest pacific, eastern half of New Zealand , independent state.
Penal colony
Place settled by convicts or prisoners, British founded first colony.
Station
In Australia, a very large sheep or cattle
Aborigine
Earliest people of Australia, from Asia over 40000 years ago
Maori
Earliest people to live in New Zealand , from Polynesia 1000 years ago.
Easter island
An eastern island in eastern Pacific Ocean, part of Polynesia
Auckland
Largest city in New Zealand, on north island
Artesian well
A deep well drilled into earth to tap groynd water in porous rock
Sydney
The capital of New South Wales on southeastern Australia
Alice springs
A town in Northern Territory Australia
