Landforms, water and resources of Australia and Oceania

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Use the table

   Country	People (millions)	People per km²
   Australia	26.7	3.5
   Papua New Guinea	10.4	22.9
   New Zealand	5.2	19.7
   Fiji	0.9	50.6

   Data: World Bank, 2023, read Nov 11, 2026.

2. 1.

   Tala compares countries. About how many times as many people live in Australia as in New Zealand?

   • About 20 times as many
   • About 2 times as many
   • About 5 times as many
   • About 10 times as many
3. 2.

   Using the same table, which country is the most crowded, with the most people per km², Zee asks?

   • Fiji
   • Papua New Guinea
   • Australia
   • New Zealand
4. 3.

   Ari's friend says Australia must be the most crowded country in the table, because it has the most people. Which response is right?

   • Disagree: it has the fewest people per km²
   • Agree: Fiji has the fewest people per km²
   • Disagree: New Zealand has the most people
   • Agree: the most people means the most crowded
5. 4.

   Tuvalu is a Pacific country of low coral atolls. Its highest point is only 4.6 m above sea level. What kind of islands are they, Bo asks?

   • Pieces of a continent
   • High islands built by volcanoes
   • Low islands built by coral
   • Tall mountain peaks
6. 5.

   Side view of a high, rugged island with steep mountains rising from the sea. Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island, is high and rugged, with mountains well over 1,000 m. How did an island this high form, Esme asks?

   • Wind blew sand into high dunes
   • Volcanoes built it up from the sea floor
   • River mud piled up into mountains
   • Coral built it, like a low atoll
7. 6.

   Map of Western Australia's coast with ore ships sailing north to Asia. Iron ore is loaded onto huge ships at Port Hedland, on Australia's northwest coast, and sent to steel mills in Asia. Why ships, Kira asks?

   • Trucks can drive across the ocean
   • Asia is across the sea, and ships carry heavy loads
   • Iron ore floats on water
   • Ships are the slowest choice
8. 7.

   The Snowy Mountains Scheme in southeastern Australia uses dams and tunnels to make electricity and water farms. Why build it where deep snow falls, Luz asks?

   • Melting snow fills rivers for power and farms
   • Mountains have no rivers
   • Farms grow well on snow
   • Snow burns well as a fuel
9. 8.

   Noah's note says, "In Hobart, July is the middle of summer." Hobart is far south of the equator. Which fix is right?

   • Change "Hobart" to "Tokyo"
   • Change "summer" to "winter"
   • Change "July" to "June"
   • Leave it: July is summer, as in the north
10. 9.

    Map of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, with sea between them. Pia's note says, "Tasmania is a peninsula of mainland Australia." Bass Strait, a stretch of sea, lies between them. Which fix is right?

    • Leave it: land near Australia is a peninsula
    • Change "mainland" to "desert"
    • Change "Tasmania" to "Fiji"
    • Change "a peninsula" to "an island"
11. 10.

    Map of Australia with Mount Kosciuszko marked in the southeastern mountains. Ren's note says, "Mount Kosciuszko, 2,228 m, Australia's highest mountain, is on the west coast." It is in the mountains of the southeast. Which fix is right?

    • Leave it: the highest peaks are in the west
    • Change "the west coast" to "the southeast"
    • Change "2,228 m" to "8,849 m"
    • Change "highest" to "lowest"