GWA Oceania Vocab.

Question 1

Artesian Well

Answer 1

Water flows under natural pressure without pumping

Question 2

Biogeography

Answer 2

Study of geographic distribution of plants, animals, and other forms of life

Question 3

Endemic Species

Answer 3

Those that live in a restricted area (do not occur naturally in other parts of the world)

Question 4

Alien species

Answer 4

Species that occur outside their natural ecosystem (non-native)

Question 5

Marsupial

Answer 5

A mammal that raises its offspring inside an external pouch

Question 6

Oceania

Answer 6

An area consisting of islands in the Pacific Ocean

Question 7

Atoll

Answer 7

A ring shaped reef, island, or islands formed of coral

Question 8

Exclusive Economic Zone

Answer 8

The zone where the U.S and other coastal nations have jurisdiction over natural resources

Question 9

Polar Desert

Answer 9

A region with extremely low temperatures and arid conditions

Question 10

Katabatic Wind

Answer 10

Wind that flows downhill

Question 11

Geothermal Energy

Answer 11

Heat within the Earth that is released from hot springs, volcanos, etc.

Question 12

Penal Colony

Answer 12

A settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population; place people of convinced crimes are sent

Question 13

Suffrage

Answer 13

The right to vote in political elections

Question 14

Nuclear Free Zone

Answer 14

Area in which nuclear weapons and nuclear power are banned