Australia/Oceania Quiz Review

What do you call plants and animals that are in danger of dying in the immediate future?

• exotic species

• koala bears

• endangered species

• native species

What do you call plants and animals that occur naturally in an area?

• exotic species

• endangered species

• native species

• koala bears

Aborigine means

• a) indigenous people

• b) native to the region

• c) first people in a region

• all the above

Continental drift

• is a theory about how the continents move on tectonic plates

• is a theory about why there are really 10 continents

• a supercontinent

• pangea

What was different about the way Great Britain colonized Australia?

• they brought English language to the area

• they send their criminals there and made them do hard labor

• they sent their royalty there so they could play with kangaroos

• none of the above

Why does Australia have the highest rate of skin cancer?

• they don't teach people to use sunscreen

• there is a hole in the ozone layer and its above the continent

What season is it in Australia in December

• fall

• spring

• winter

• summer

What type of island was build up by ash and lave?

• continental island

• volcanic island

• atoll

• lagoon

What type of island is ring of coral islands and reefs surrounded by a shallow body of water

• continental island

• atoll

• lagoon

• volcanic island

What type of island was once a part of a larger continent that broke off

• continental island

• volcanic island

• atoll

• lagoon