GEO 1310 EXAM 4 BK QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Tuvalu and Kiribati are members of which organization established in 1990 to
represent islands in international negotiations, especially those pertaining to
climate change? - -The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
- What do the names "Melanesia" (1), "Micronesia" (2), and "Polynesia" (3)
mean, respectively? - -Melanesia = Black Islands
Micronesia = Small Islands
Polynesia = Many Islands
- 2/3rds of Australia receives less than what amount of precipitation
annually (in inches)? - -20 inches
- What treaty ensures that Antarctica can only be used for peaceful
purposes and mainly for scientific research? - -Antarctic Treaty
- What phenomenon causes changes in wind patterns that can cause severe
drought in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Micronesia, resulting in crop
failures, food shortages, and costly shipments of drinking water to smaller
islands? - -El Nino
- Ozone depletion has resulted in Australia having some of the highest levels
in the world of what disease? - -Skin Cancer
- Why is a large part of Australia's interior lowland called The Great Artesian
Basin? - -It holds the worlds largest groundwater aquifer
- In terms of geologic age & tectonic activity, how does New Zealand
compare to Australia? - -New Zealand is much younger geologically and
more tectonically active than Australia because it is located on the Pacific
Plate
- What created the low islands (atolls) in the Pacific? - -From the build up of
skeletons of coral organisms
- Australia possesses several species of two types of mammals: one which
has premature young that develop in a pouch, and the other which lays
eggs. What terms refer to these two types, respectively? - -Marsupials and
Monotemes
- The Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia's most popular tourist destinations,
is at risk from what human impacts? - -Fishing with large nets that damage
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Tuvalu and Kiribati are members of which organization established in 1990 to
represent islands in international negotiations, especially those pertaining to
climate change? - -The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
- What do the names "Melanesia" (1), "Micronesia" (2), and "Polynesia" (3)
mean, respectively? - -Melanesia = Black Islands
Micronesia = Small Islands
Polynesia = Many Islands
- 2/3rds of Australia receives less than what amount of precipitation
annually (in inches)? - -20 inches
- What treaty ensures that Antarctica can only be used for peaceful
purposes and mainly for scientific research? - -Antarctic Treaty
- What phenomenon causes changes in wind patterns that can cause severe
drought in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Micronesia, resulting in crop
failures, food shortages, and costly shipments of drinking water to smaller
islands? - -El Nino
- Ozone depletion has resulted in Australia having some of the highest levels
in the world of what disease? - -Skin Cancer
- Why is a large part of Australia's interior lowland called The Great Artesian
Basin? - -It holds the worlds largest groundwater aquifer
- In terms of geologic age & tectonic activity, how does New Zealand
compare to Australia? - -New Zealand is much younger geologically and
more tectonically active than Australia because it is located on the Pacific
Plate
- What created the low islands (atolls) in the Pacific? - -From the build up of
skeletons of coral organisms
- Australia possesses several species of two types of mammals: one which
has premature young that develop in a pouch, and the other which lays
eggs. What terms refer to these two types, respectively? - -Marsupials and
Monotemes
- The Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia's most popular tourist destinations,
is at risk from what human impacts? - -Fishing with large nets that damage
