Australia, The pacific realm

What is true of the continent of Antarctica?

• it's population is found mostly in coastal cities

• it is colder and higher than any other continent

• it is usually warmer than the continent of Australia

• Its plants and animals are endangered species

What is unusual about New Zealand's kiwi and cassowary birds?

• They are not physically able to fly

• They have black wings and bodies

• They migrated from Australia

• They have crossbred with other birds

How are invasive species introduced to new regions?

• They migrated to new places by themselves

• people bring them from other places

• mutations cause new plants and animals to evolve

• ocean currents wash them ashore

What problem do dingoes cause?

• they eat too many native plants

• they spread from Geelong all over Australia

• they attack native animals and livestock

• they eat crops and damage grazing lands

What are two kinds of pacific islands?

• molten lava islands and volcanic cones

• high islands and low islands

• reef islands and coral islands

• desert islands and rain forest islands

What threatens the corals that make up reefs?

• warmer water temperatures, pollution, over fishing

• too many new animal and plant species

• invasive species such as small fish and sharks

• overgrowth of colonies of corals

How did the first people probably get to Australia?

• came from the southern tip of Africa

• Sailed from nearby Pacific islands

• traveled by sea or land bridge from Asia

• migrated from inland areas to the coasts

What caused many immigrants to go to Australia in the 1850s?

• discovery of gold

• sheep farming

• freedom for convicts

• oil drilling

Why is language important to the Aborigines?

• it is always written down

• it passes along their history and culture

• it is used for legal contracts

• it helps them communicate with outsiders

How are linguists trying to save native languages

• look at pictographs to figure out words

• translate the written records

• record and videotape people speaking them

• try to teach native people new words