Australia and Oceania:Physical Geography

Oceania is formed by thousands of islands

• True

• False

Australia is both a continent and a country

• True

• False

The Outback in Australia is mostly ________________

• Arctic

• mountain

• desert

• water

What are the three large group of islands in Oceania? Select all that apply.

• Melanesia

• Polynesia

• Micronesia

• Manylesia

What is the Ring of Fire?

• The Ring of Fire is a string of oceans connecting to the Islands

• The Ring of Fire is a string of island sites around the edges of the Pacific Ocean

• The Ring of Fire is a string of underwater volcanoes and earthquake sites around the edges of the Pacific Ocean

What landform is composed of a ring of very small islands?

• atoll

• strait

• fjord

• lagoon

The largest coral reef in the world; It is the ONLY living organism that can be seen from space! Located off the eastern coast of Queensland, it is 12,500 miles long. Home to 400+ species of coral and 1500+ species of fish.

• Mount Cook

• Great Victoria Desert

• Great Barrier Reef

• high island

An island with higher elevation & formed by "recently" active volcano.

• low island

• East Island

• Ring of Fire

• high island

The largest of the four marsupials native to Australia.

• koala

• kangaroo

• Tasmanian Devil

• platypus

What part of the world is this region called?

• Pacifica

• Oceanos

• Oceania

• None of the Above