Quiz: Oceania

Island Group: Micronesia means

• "Small Islands"

• "Dark Islands"

• "Many Islands"

Island Group: Melanesia means

• "Small Islands"

• "Dark Islands"

• "Many Islands"

Island Group: Polynesia means

• "Small Islands"

• "Dark Islands"

• "Many Islands"

Select the (3) following high islands:

• Continental Island

• Volcanic Island

• Raised Coral Island

• Coral Reef Island

Select the (2) following low islands:

• Volcanic Island

• Atoll

• Raised Coral Island

• Coral Reef Island

High Island: Continental Islands are

• islands that used to be a part of a continent.

• islands that are formed by an undersea volcano.

• islands that used to be a continent.

High Island: A raised coral island forms when

• coral grows on top of a volcano.

• coral grows on top of coral.

• coral grows on top of the ocean.

High Island: A volcanic island forms when

• an undersea volcano erupts and forms new land above sea level.

• a volcano is dormant and has not erupted for a long time.

• a volcano is extinct and can no longer erupt.

Low Island: A coral reef island forms when

• new coral builds on top of old coral making reefs.

• new coral grows on top of a volcano.

• new coral grows on top of an island.

Low Island: An atoll forms when

• the volcanic island has disappeared, only the reef and lagoon is left.

• the volcano is extinct.

• the volcano erupts.