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Australia/Oceania Quiz Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call plants and animals that are in danger of dying in the immediate future?

a)

exotic species

b)

koala bears

c)

endangered species

d)

native species

2.

What do you call plants and animals that occur naturally in an area?

a)

exotic species

b)

endangered species

c)

native species

d)

koala bears

3.

Aborigine means

a)

a) indigenous people

b)

b) native to the region

c)

c) first people in a region

d)

all the above

4.

Continental drift

a)

is a theory about how the continents move on tectonic plates

b)

is a theory about why there are really 10 continents

c)

a supercontinent

d)

pangea

5.

What was different about the way Great Britain colonized Australia?

a)

they brought English language to the area

b)

they send their criminals there and made them do hard labor

c)

they sent their royalty there so they could play with kangaroos

d)

none of the above

6.

Why does Australia have the highest rate of skin cancer?

a)

they don't teach people to use sunscreen

b)

there is a hole in the ozone layer and its above the continent

7.

What season is it in Australia in December

a)

fall

b)

spring

c)

winter

d)

summer

8.

What type of island was build up by ash and lave?

a)

continental island

b)

volcanic island

c)

atoll

d)

lagoon

9.

What type of island is ring of coral islands and reefs surrounded by a shallow body of water

a)

continental island

b)

atoll

c)

lagoon

d)

volcanic island

10.

What type of island was once a part of a larger continent that broke off

a)

continental island

b)

volcanic island

c)

atoll

d)

lagoon

11.

Which of the following is a natural disaster in this region

a)

tornadoes and monsoons

b)

typhoons and hurricanes

c)

blizzards and sleet storms

12.

What are the most common ways people make $ in this region

a)

a) tourism

b)

b) commercial fishing

c)

both a and b

13.

What do you call the shift in the earth's average temperature/precipitation over a long period of time?

a)

climate change

b)

global warming

c)

biome

d)

ice shelf

14.

What do you call the large floating sheet of ice that is attached to the coast

a)

glacier

b)

ice shelf

c)

ocean

d)

none of the above

15.

What do you call a large ecosystem of similar plants and animals

a)

biology

b)

climate

c)

vegetation

d)

biome

16.

What do scientists claim humans are doing that is contributing to climate change?

a)

burning fossil fuels

b)

putting too much CO2 into the atmosphere

c)

contributing to the greenhouse effect

d)

all the above

17.

What do you call the gradual increase in the temperature of the earth's surface?

a)

global warming

b)

climate change

c)

greenhouse effect

d)

biome

18.

What are some examples of evidence scientists are collecting from Australia to show there is climate change

a)

graphs with data showing increased concentrations of C02

b)

graphs with data showing increased global average temperature

c)

evidence Antartica is shrinking

d)

all the above

19.

What are other countries doing to try to be part of the global solution to reduce emissions?

a)

signed the Paris Peace Agreement to vow to limit future greenhouse gas emissions

b)

signed the Treaty of Versailles

c)

agreed to stop making cars by 2030

d)

none of the above are true

20.

What are the top two countries that emit the most CO2 in the air?

a)

USA and Russia

b)

USA and Canada

c)

China and India

d)

China and USA

21.

What do you call the process by which gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun

a)

biome

b)

climate change

c)

greenhouse effect

d)

fossil fuels

22.

If I am a little girl in Australia trying to find constellations which star would I use to orientate myself in the sky

a)

North Star

b)

South Cross

c)

The big dipper

d)

Ursa Minor