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Oceania Vocabulary
Vocabulary Oceania, New Zealand, Antarctica, Australia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |