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Learning About the Earth Go on. Look for the CONTINUE icon on each page. Click it to go on. If the cursor arrow disappears, just move around the mouse, and it will reappear! Go on. We have a globe similar to this one in our classroom. It represents the Earth and shows us the land and water regions of the world. Go on. Although 6 of these pictures represent a continent of the world, it doesn’t make much sense to study them in a row like this since that’s not how they are found on the Earth. North America South America Africa Europe Australia Asia Go on. Most of the time we see a map of the world like this. There are 7 continents and 5 OCEANS. Go on. The Earth can be shown in many different ways on a map, though. This is a physical map showing the land features such as mountains and glaciers. Go on. This terrain map is similar to a physical map. It shows lakes, rivers, mountains, deserts, and icy regions. Ice over Greenland Rivers in Africa Go on. This is an image of the Earth’s weather. Australia Hurricanes form over water, and meteorologists (people who study the weather) can see how the temperatures are swirling around… Go on. This is a political map. It shows boundary lines between countries. One way to help show boundary lines is by giving each country a different color than the other countries around it. Canada United States Go on. This is a contour map. It shows the elevation of the surface of the Earth’s land and the depth of the Earth’s oceans. Elevation is how high above sea level the land is. North America Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean See the different colors of blue in the Pacific Ocean? That means there are different depths under all that water! South America Go on. The continents and oceans share the Earth and have their own absolute location. Northern Hemisphere Prime Meridian Equator Southern Hemisphere Go on. The Earth is divided into 4 hemispheres. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres you saw on the last page. Here you will see the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Hemisphere Prime Meridian Western Eastern Hemisphere Equator Go on. North America is in both the Northern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere. Australia is in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres. Africa is in ALL 4 Hemispheres! Go on. All the lines on the map are imaginary! This means you can’t really see them on the land. We use them to help us understand where places are located. Tropic of Cancer Line of Latitude Equator Line of Latitude Tropic of Capricorn Line of Latitude Go on. This is an outline map showing North and South America. It has grid lines on it. Go on. These grid lines on the image of this globe show longitude and latitude. Go on. These grid lines also show longitude and latitude. The horizontal lines are latitude. They are parallel (like train tracks) to the Equator. Lines of Latitude Lines of Longitude The taller lines drawn vertically (or up and down) are the lines of longitude. Go on. Click on the continents and oceans to learn more about them. Arctic Ocean North America Europe Asia Pacific Ocean Africa Pacific Ocean South America Indian Ocean Southern Ocean Antarctica Australia I’ve checked out all the continents and oceans. Africa Africa is made up of many countries. Each orange line divides one country from another. Return to World Map The Prime Meridian and the Equator both run through Africa! More on Africa More About Africa Countries of Africa Return to World Map The Antarctic Circle is another line of latitude. Antarctica People research the land there to find out about animals and plants that could survive there. And, to see what may have once lived there! No one lives on Antarctica because it is TOO cold! Antarctica is located at the South Pole. Return to World Map Go on. Australia, Asia, and Europe Europe is a small continent that is attached to Asia, but it has many, many important countries in it like France, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, and Greece. MORE ABOUT EUROPE! Return to World Map MORE ABOUT ASIA Asia is a large continent! There are many different countries in Asia. China is one of its largest countries. Australia is an island country and continent! Return to Asia and Australia Countries of Europe MORE ABOUT EUROPE Return to World Map Return to Asia and Australia Great Britain, also known as England, is where the British were from. It’s a little island country in Europe – part of the United Kingdom. MORE ABOUT EUROPE! More About Europe Return to World Map Return to Asia and Australia Countries of Asia Return to World Map North America North America is surrounded by 3 of the 5 Oceans! The Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. Return to World Map North America is the continent we live on! Go on. Countries in North America Return to World Map We live about right here! South America The Amazon Rain Forest grows in South America because it’s such a tropical region. The Equator runs through South America. The Andes Mountain range runs along the coast of South America. Return to World Map South America is an interesting continent. It’s northern region is very hot because it lies on the Equator. But, it’s southern tip is very near Antarctica’s cold region! More About South America Go on. Countries in South America Brazil is the largest country on the continent of South America. More About South America Return to World Map Atlantic Ocean The state of Georgia boarders the Atlantic Ocean. Return to World Map The British traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to find freedom in the Americas! Go on. The Arctic Ocean is at the North Pole. Arctic Ocean Return to World Map Greenland is so close to the North Pole, it’s frozen!! Here’s Alaska! Notice North America is near the Arctic Ocean. Go on. Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean gets its name from the country of India located on the continent of Asia. Go on. Return to World Map Notice this group of islands is called Indonesia. They get their name from the Indian Ocean since they are found in these waters! Pacific ocean Asia’s continent is just over here! Return to World Map The Pacific Ocean usually looks like 2 oceans on other maps, but it’s really just one large body of water! Notice California which is on the North American continent boarders the Pacific Ocean. Go on. The Southern Ocean is simply the ocean that boarders Antarctica! Return to World Map Game Page Click on one of the game links below to go to a game page. Mixture of Map Games More Map Games Hangman Drag the Continent Battleship Listen and Learn the Names of Continents Find the Continent Whoops – I didn’t look at all the continents and ocean!! See if you can answer these trivia questions about maps. Click on Map Trivia. Click Here! Return to World Map Map Trivia Return to Game Page Click on the link below to take you to 4 different map games. Click Here! Return to World Map Map Games Return to Game Page Click the link below for more map games. Click Here! More Map Games Return to World Map Return to Game Page Click the link below to play hangman. The phrases you will be guessing relate to map skills. Click Here! Hangman Return to World Map Return to Game Page Try to sink the computer’s ships by solving problems related to maps. Click Here! Battleship Return to World Map Return to Game Page Listen to the computer read each continent to you. Learn the location of each continent. Click Here! Listen and Learn Continent Locations Return to World Map Return to Game Page Click on the link below to see if you can locate each continent. Click Here! Locate the Continents Return to World Map Return to Game Page Click the link below to see if you can drag and drop the continents into their correct location. Click Here! Match the Location - Drag and Drop Return to World Map Return to Game Page