Unit 10: Adapting Down Under: Pacific Realm

process of adjusting to the surrounding conditions

• adaptation

• modification

• indigenous

• ozone

process of changing the environment

• adaptation

• modification

• indigenous

• ozone

gaseous layer around the Earth's atmosphere that blocks harmful rays from the sun

• adaptation

• modification

• indigenous

• ozone

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

• adaptation

• modification

• indigenous

• ozone

A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean

• Ring of Fire

• Reef

• outback

• Atoll

islands formed by sand deposited by sea currents on the continental shelf

• barrier islands

• Reef

• outback

• Atoll

a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.

• barrier islands

• Reef

• outback

• Atoll

arid inland areas of the Australian continent

• barrier islands

• Reef

• outback

• Atoll

a circular shaped island that has formed from a coral reef

• barrier islands

• continental island

• continental shelf

• Atoll

island formed by tectonic plate movement that causes the rising and folding of the ocean floor

• barrier islands

• continental island

• continental shelf

• Atoll