Ch 23 Australia and the Pacific Realm

Almost all of Australia and the Pacific Realm is found in the ____ hemisphere.

• Northern

• Southern

• Northwestern

• Southwestern

The climate of Australia can be described as mostly ____.

• frigid

• wet

• dry

• cool

____ are ring-shaped islands found in the Pacific.

• Marsupials

• Hotspots

• Preserves

• Atolls

_____ is found southeast of Australia.

• French Polynesia

• Papua New Guinea

• New Zealand

• The Philippines

The continent with the highest average elevation is ____.

• Asia

• Antarctica

• Africa

• Australia

The coldest climate on earth is found ____.

• in Siberia

• in Greenland

• at the top of the Himalayan mountains

• on Antarctica

The word Australia comes from the Latin word meaning ____.

• southern

• dry

• desert

• different

_____ have a pouch so the females can carry their babies in them.

• Acacia

• Marsupials

• Echidnas

• Indigenous

There are more than 700 varieties of ____, most with brightly colored flowers.

• eucalyptus

• wombats

• indigenous

• acacia

The ____ is NOT a marsupial

• Tasmanian devil

• wallaby

• wombat

• platypus