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Oceania Vocabulary
Vocabulary Oceania, New Zealand, Antarctica, Australia
Question | Answer |
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atoll | low-lying, ring shaped island |
bush | inland regions of Australia |
Cacao | dried coconut meat, which is used to make margarine, soap and other products |
copra | tropical tree that is used to make chocolate |
coral | a rocklike material from the skeletons of small sea animals |
crevice | deep crack in antarctic ice |
fjord | steep sided valley cut into mountains by action of glaciers |
geothermal energy | electricity prodced by natural underground sources of steam |
high island | pacific island formed by volcanic activity |
ice shelf | layer of ice above water in Antarctica |
iceberg | chunk of glacier that floats freely about ocean |
krill | tiny shrimplike animal that lives in the waters off antarctica and is food for many creatures |
low island | pacific island formed of coral and has very little vegetation |
manuka | small shrub of New Zealand |
Marsupial | mammal that carries its young in a pouch |
outback | rural areas of Australia |
ozone | type of oxygen that forms a layer in the atmosphere and protects all living things from certain harmful rays of the sun |
phosphate | minieral salt used in fertilizers |
station | cattle of sheep ranch in australia |
trust territory | area temporarily placed under control of another nation |