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Australia/New Zealan
Geography Australia and New Zealand
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| marsupial | an animal, such as a kangaroo, that carries its young in a body pouch |
| tectonic plate | a huge slab of rock that moves very slowly over a softer layer beneath the surface of Earth's crust |
| geyser | a not spring that shoots a jet of water and steam into the air |
| fiord | a long, narrow inlet or arm of the sea bordered by steep slopes created by glaciers |
| high island | an island formed from the mountainous top of an ancient volcano |
| low island | an island formed from coral reefs or atolls |
| atoll | a small coral island in the shap of a ring |
| coral | a rock-like material made up of the skeletons of tiny sea creatures, most plentiful in warm ocean water |
| Maori | a native of New Zealand whose ancestors first traveled from Asia to Polynesia, and later to New Zealand |
| Aborigine | a member of the earliest people of Australia, who probably came from Asia |
| penal colony | a place where people convicted of crimes are sent |
| station | in Australia, a large ranch for raising livestock |
| Melanesia | an island group north and east of Australia consisting of many high islands, with a larger population |
| Micronesia | an island group mostly north of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean made up of largely low islands |
| Polynesia | the largest island group on the Pacific Ocean, mostly made up of high islands with some low islands |
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