Unit 9: Physical Geography Australia, the Pacific Realm and Antarctica

Australia is the only country in the world that is also a continent.

• True

• False

Most people live along the coasts of Australia due to (select more than one)

• 20 percent of the land mass of Australia is classified desert

• The climate is mostly dry

• Rainfall is more abundant along the coasts

• Large amount of deadly animals located within the interior

The Pacific Realm is a large area of the Pacific Ocean made up of:

• ring shaped reefs and coral reefs

• Thousands of small islands and coral reefs

• Islands connected to each other by barrier reefs

• Australia and Antarctica

An Atoll is a

• the amount you have to pay to use the turnpike

• A large mountain of coral deposited on an island

• Portion of the great barrier reef

• Ring-shaped reef, islands, or chains of islands made of corals

Rock-like structures built by layers of coral organisms are known as

• High-Islands

• Low-Islands

• Coral reefs

• Coral ocean floor.

This nation is locate southeast of Australia and is comprised of two large islands.

• New Zealand

• New Whales

• New Bedford

• New England

The area centered on the South pole with a thick layer of ice covering almost all the continent's mountains, valleys, and islands.

• Arctic

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Anatolia

How many islands are found within the Pacific Islands

• 1,000-2,000

• 5,000-8,000

• 10,000-12,000

• Over 20,000

High islands are

• formed by Sediment build up

• formed over long periods of time, they are coral islands that set on top of coral reefs.

• formed by volcanic activity

• formed by broken land masses

Low Islands are

• formed by Sediment build up

• formed over long periods of time, they are coral islands that set on top of coral reefs.

• formed by volcanic activity

• formed by broken land masses