Deck 13: The Pacific and Antarctica

Question 1

Antarctica is a frontier for __________ that is not under the jurisdiction of any one government.

A)ecotourism
B)economic development
C)resource exploitation
D)democracy
E)the whaling industry

Answer 1

B

Question 2

There have been changes in the national boundaries to protect offshore fishing rights around each sovereign entity of the Pacific Islands.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Hawaii has a tropical type A climate,but snow can be found on the tops of its highest mountains during the winter months.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Polar stratospheric clouds,which sometimes develop over Antarctica during the extremely cold winter months,severely reduce __________.

A)smog levels
B)ozone levels
C)research activities
D)incoming solar radiation
E)precipitation

Question 5

Below the giant ice sheet are dozens of __________.

A)tectonic plate intersections
B)active volcanoes
C)subglacial lakes
D)cave systems
E)meteorites

Question 6

The non-ice portion of Antarctica protrudes above the ice sheet and only covers a combined physical area equivalent to about the area of __________.

A)Argentina
B)Croatia
C)Russia
D)Egypt

Question 7

The __________ is actually an extension of the Andes Mountains of South America and is home to active volcanoes.

A)Ellsworth Mountain range
B)Antarctic Peninsula
C)Transantarctic Mountain range
D)entire continent
E)Antarctica is a separate geologic entity

Question 8

In the past few decades,__________ was discovered in Papua New Guinea and makes up its largest export item.

A)gold
B)copper
C)oil
D)silver
E)nickel

Question 9

The hundreds of islands of the South Pacific are surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and make up the largest geographic area in the world.

Question 10

The Maori living in New Zealand are originally from __________.

A)Micronesia
B)Polynesia
C)Melanesia
D)Guam
E)Hawaii

Question 11

__________ is the only country with land in all four hemispheres: north and south of the equator and on both sides of the 180° meridian.

A)Tuvalu
B)Samoa
C)Tonga
D)Kiribati
E)Tahiti

Question 12

The largest island in Micronesia is __________

A)Wake Island
B)Nauru
C)Palau
D)Guam
E)Marshall Island

Question 13

__________ is the largest island and home to more than seven hundred languages.

A)New Guinea
B)Hawaii
C)Samoa
D)Tonga

Question 14

In 2017,__________ had a population of about eleven thousand people.These statistics make it one of the four smallest countries in the world.

A)Tonga
B)French Polynesia
C)Tuvalu
D)Samoa

Question 15

The Pacific Islands can be divided into three main groups based on __________.

A)physical geography
B)local inhabitants
C)location
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 16

Few environmental effects could impact Antarctica as much as the phenomenon of __________.

A)changing temperatures
B)ozone depletion
C)altered precipitation
D)sea-level rise
E)none of the above

Question 17

It is estimated that sea levels would rise as much as __________feet if the polar ice caps were to completely melt.

A)20
B)50
C)100
D)150
E)200

Question 18

Of the main island groups of Melanesia all are independent countries except __________,which is under the French government.

A)Vanuatu
B)New Caledonia
C)the Solomon Islands
D)Fiji
E)Papua New Guinea

Question 19

The Antarctic ice sheet holds about _____ percent of the Earth's fresh water.

A)30
B)40
C)50
D)60
E)70

Question 20

__________ is the only monarchy in the Pacific.

A)Tuvalu
B)Samoa
C)Tonga
D)Kiribati
E)Tahiti

Question 21

At both ends of the __________ Mountains are the two main ice shelves: the __________ and the __________.

Question 22

Explain the dynamics of the principle of global warming.

Question 23

The volcanic high islands of Micronesia far outnumber the low islands.

Question 24

Natural changes in the conditions that affect climate include,but are not limited to,the dynamics of the sun,changes in the Earth's orbit,and volcanic eruptions.

Question 25

Explain the primary environmental concerns of the islands in this region.

Question 26

The Antarctic Treaty is designed to protect __________ and encourage __________,prohibits __________,__________,and the disposal of __________.

Question 27

The cold waters off the coast of Antarctica move from east to west in a counter-clockwise rotation around the continent in a movement called the West Wind Drift or the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Question 28

Polynesia includes the __________ Islands,in the north and the __________ Islands and _________ Island,in the east.

Question 29

What is the difference between "good ozone" and "bad ozone"?

Question 30

Discuss the primary economic activities of the islands in the pacific.

Question 31

From 1946 to 1958,the United States conducted sixty-seven __________ in the Marshall Islands.The largest was known as the __________,a nuclear detonation over Bikini Atoll that was __________ times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on __________ during World War II.

Question 32

Polynesians created innovative maps that provided a means of sailing across large expanses of open seas to connect with distant islands.

Question 33

Approximately 137 __________ and __________ are in the Hawaiian chain,which extends about __________ miles.

Question 34

The Pacific islands cover the world's largest __________.

Question 35

In Micronesia,most of the islands that are composed of __________ and do not extend above sea level to any large extent are called '__________.'

Question 36

Islands that have enough __________ to condense moisture from the clouds receive adequate __________,but many islands with low elevations have a shortage of __________,making habitation or human development .

Question 37

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent and has the highest average elevation of any continent.

Question 38

Antarctica is considered a desert because it usually averages fewer than ten inches of precipitation per year.

Question 39

If all the ice and snow were removed from the continent it is estimated that the land area would only equate to about __________ square miles,roughly equivalent to the physical area of the US state of __________.

Question 40

Large-scale __________ and the burning of __________ have increased the quantity of heat-trapping "__________" in the atmosphere.