Earth is covered by big masses of water and big masses of... (L _ _ _)
Land
Name the 7 continents
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania, Antarctica
Name the 5 oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic
What do you call these lines?
Equator line in red, tropic of Cancer above and tropic of Capricorn below.
Explain the Equator line: what is it? where is it? what is it its function?
It is an imaginary line that divides the planet into two equal parts: the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.
Geographers study physical characterisitcs of our planet, for example: mountains,deserts, rivers and oceans. TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
CLIMATE and WEATHER are synonyms (they mean the same). TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE. Weather is what happens to the conditions around you in the short term (the next day or week). Climate is what you expect the conditions to be like in th
Name 3 countries between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
What's the climate like between the tropics? Take into account temperature and rain.
It's temperate, temperatures are between 27 and 32 degrees. There is a lot of precipitation.
Rainforests are located between the tropic of cancer and the north pole. TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE. They are located between the tropics.
Rainforests are full of green trees and many animals live there .What characteristics of this area help them to have so much green?
Climate.
How many seasons do rainforests have?
NONE.
HEMISPHERE means half of a sphere. TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE. (It comes form the GREEK).
Places near the poles are colder. TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE.
Geographers organized our planet into hemispheres. How many hemispheres are there?
4.
