THE OCEANS AND CONTINENTS

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

• What are the 7 Continents?
• What are the 5 Oceans?
• What is Latitude and Longitude?
• Why are they important?

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

• Latitude: A coordinate that specifies the north/south position
• of a point on the Earth.
• Longitude: A coordinate that specifies the east/west position
• of a point on the Earth.
• These are important because they are essential for locating specific points on a map.

THE FIVE OCEANS OF THE WORLD ARE...

• The Pacific Ocean
• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Indian Ocean
• The Southern Ocean
• The Arctic Ocean

THE PACIFIC OCEAN

• It is the largest ocean in the world
• It covers about 46% of the Earths surface
• North & South America, Asia, and Australia surround it
• It's latitude is 0° S and it's longitude is 160° W

THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

• It is the second largest ocean in the world.
• It covers about 29% of the Earth's surface
• North & South America, Africa, and Europe surround it
• It's latitude is 0° S and it's longitude is 30° W

THE INDIAN OCEAN

• It is the third largest ocean in the world
• It covers about 20% of the Earth's surface
• It is surrounded by Africa, Asia, and Australia
• It's latitude is 20° S and it's longitude is 80° E

THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

• It is the fourth largest ocean.
• It covers about 4% of the Earth's surface.
• Antarctica is in the center of it.
• It's latitude is 70° S and 150° W

THE ARCTIC OCEAN

• It is the smallest of all the oceans
• It covers only about 3% of the Earth's surface.
• North America and Asia surround it.
• It's latitude is 90° N and it's Longitude is 0° W

THE CONTINENTS ARE...

• North & South America
• Eurasia (Europe & Asia)
• Africa
• Australia
• Antarctica

ASIA

• It is the largest continent.
• It covers about 30% of the Earth's land surface.
• Europe, Australia, and Africa surround it.
• It's latitude is 77.71° N and it's longitude is 104.3° E.

AFRICA

• It is the second largest continent.
• It covers about 20.4% of the Earth's land surface.
• Europe, Asia, and South America surround it.
• It's latitude is 7.18° N and it's longitude is 21.09° E.

NORTH AMERICA

• It is the third largest continent.
• It covers about 16.3% of the Earth's land surface.
• South America, Africa, and Eurasia surround it.
• It's latitude is 71.83° N and it's longitude is 94.75° W

SOUTH AMERICA

• It is the forth largest continent.
• It covers about 10.4% of the Earth's land surface.
• North America, Antarctica, and Africa surround it.
• It's latitude is 13° S and it's longitude is 59.4° W.

ANTARCTICA

• It is the fifth largest continent.
• It covers about 9% of the Earth's land surface.
• All of the other continents surround it.
• It's latitude is 90° S and it's longitude is 0° W.

EUROPE

• It is the sixth largest continent.
• It covers about 7% of the Earth's land surface.
• Asia, Africa, and North America surround it.
• It's latitude is 46° N and it's longitude is 7° E.

AUSTRALIA

• It is the smallest continent.
• It covers about 5% of the Earth's land surface.
• Asia and Antarctica surround it.
• It's latitude is 25° S and it's longitude is 135° E.

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