Vocabulary | Vocabulary 2 | Australia | New Zealand | Pot Luck |
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What is marsupial
Name for animals that carry babies in a pouch
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What is breadfruit
Food crop of South Pacific Islands
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What is dry or desert
the main type of climate
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What is 2
Number of main islands
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What is Tasmania
Large Island that is part of Australia
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What is a high island
Type of island formed by volcanoes
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What is the outback
Name given to Australia's interior
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What is the Great Dividing Range
Name of low mountains on east coast
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What is North Island
The island with volcanic activity
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What is ice or icecap
2 miles thick in Antarctica
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What is a low island or atoll
type of island with little or no soil
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What is a coral reef
a structure formed by the skeletons of tiny sea creatures
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What is Ayers Rock or Uluru
Landmark natural feature in the outback
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What is the Southern Alps
Mountain chain on the South Island
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What is New Zealand
Country that gets most energy from hydroelectric and geothermal
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What is eucalyptus
Drought resistant tree
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What is lichen
Sturdy plants that can grow on the edge of Antarctica
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What is the Great Barrier reef
Natural Feature in the ocean off of Australia's NE coast
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What is the Canterbury Plains
Best farm land
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What is continental island
Islands formed by land thrust up from the ocean floor.
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What is a geyser
caused by hot water from under the earth
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What is pasture
Grasses for grazing animals
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What is along the coast
Area where most people in Australia live
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What is Marine west Coast
Climate of New Zealand
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What is the Murray or Darling
one of the few rivers in Australia
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