Continents and Oceans

  • Date December 3, 2020
Grade 6: Social Studies Skills Continents and Oceans

 

  • Earth is divided into landmasses and water bodies. 21% of the earth is land and 79% is water. The landmasses consist of continents and islands.

  • Continents – These are very large landmasses which are bordered by oceans. There are seven continents. These are, in order of size:

  • Asia

  • Africa

  • North America

  • South America

  • Antarctica
  • Europe

  • Australia (also called the island continent

    Islands – These are smaller landmasses which are completely surrounded by water.

  • The WATER BODIES consist of the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, ponds, bays, gulfs.

  • The largest of the water bodies are the oceans.

  • There are five oceans of the world.

  • The five oceans are:

  • Pacific Ocean (Largest ocean)

  • Atlantic Ocean

  • Indian Ocean

  • Arctic Ocean

  • Antarctic (Southern) Ocean

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