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UNIDAD 2: CONTINENTES Y OCÉANOS

ACTIVITY 7: OCEANS AND CONTINENTS

1. Copy the names of the oceans and continents into your notebook.

 2. Read the following text:

In this world map you can the names of the oceans and seas of the world. Here are some facts about them:

• 71% of the surface of our planet is  water. 

• There are five oceans and many seas. 

• The water in the oceans is 97% of the total water on Earth. 

• The five oceans of the world are Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern Ocean. 

• There are many other seas: Arabian Sea, Baltic Sea, Bering Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk and South China Sea.

• The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. 

• Then come the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. 

3. Open the world map of your book. Work in pairs and find the differents oceans and seas.

4. Read this information about the continents.

• Africa - a continent that crosses the equator. It is south of Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
• Antarctica - the continent that surrounds the South Pole of the Earth.
• Asia - a continent in the Northern Hemisphere. Asia is attached to Europe (and east of it).
• Australia - a continent, an island, and a country in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Europe - a continent in the Northern Hemisphere. Europe is attached to Asia (and west of it).

• North America - a continent in the Northern Hemisphere; it is north of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• North Pole - the point that is the farthest north on Earth.
• South America - a continent that is mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• South Pole - the point that is the farthest south on Earth.

5. Click here and do the activity

6. Write the names of the continents in this map.

7. Write the names of the oceans in this world map.

Click in the picture to get a printable page with both maps

8. Copy these questions into your notebook. Answer them. Work in pairs and ask them to your classmate.

a)     Which percentage of our planet is covered by water?

b)     What are the names of the biggest oceans?

c)      Which is the largest ocean of the world?

d)     What is the equator?

e)     Where is Europe?

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