REVIEW: Physical Geography of Australia & Oceania

low, ring-shaped island

• coral

• atoll

• lagoon

• manuka

shrimplike animal

• lichen

• coral

• krill

• atoll

windless area near the equator

• artesian well

• manuka

• doldrums

• crevasse

Formation that lies just off Australia´s northeaster coast

• crevasse

• Great Barrier Reef

• Tasmania

• Cape York Peninsula

What causes the motion of the Antarctic ice cap?

• crevasse

• plate tectonics

• the weight of the ice cap

• the typhoons

A _____________ is a violent Pacific Ocean storm.

New Zealand's main natural resource is the _________________.

The climate that supports most of Australia's agricultural lands is

• humid subtropical

• tropical

• Marine West Coast

• Tundra

The group of people that would be most affected if Australia´s artesian wells dried up are the ____________________.

Local resources that help to meet New Zealand's energy needs are:

• rivers, dams, and underground water

• rivers and dams

• dams and underground water

• dams. rivers, underground water and volcanoes