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Ch 2 Islands Oceania
Ch 2 The Islands of Oceania
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coral | Very, very small sea animals that have died and been pressed together under the ocean |
| Typhoon | A powerful wind storm |
| Atoll | A coral reef surrounding a lagoon |
| Reef | Formed when new coral builds on the top of old coral |
| Phosphate | A material used to make fertilizer |
| Lagoon | The shallow water between a reef and the land |
| Water criteria for Reef Building Coral | Warm, Shallow, Clear, Salt water |
| Raised Coral Island | Atoll that has been raised forming an island |
| Limestone | Man type of rock of coral islands |
| Volcanic Island | Steep island built by a volcano in the ocean |
| Continental Island | island that used to be a part of a larger land mass |
| Closer a Pacific island is to Asia, the more plants and animals it will have | True |
| An atoll can support few people than volcanic island and continental islands | True |
| Plants get to islands by | People, Birds, Wind, Waves |
| Reef islands have many mountains, rivers , and waterfalls. | False |
| The Hawaiian Islands are located where the Earth's plates meet. | False |
| Volcanic islands can support more people than continental islands | False |
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