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Unit 3 Geography-Continent Power Point
Today you are going to learn what continents are and where to find them on a map or a globe.
Famous "Blue Marble" photograph of Earth, taken from Apollo 17
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You can see our continents on a map or a globe.
• A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth.
• The word "globe" comes from the Latin word globus, meaning round mass or sphere.
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A map is…• a drawing or other representation,
usually on a flat surface, of all or part of the earth's surface, ordinarily showing countries, bodies of water, cities, mountains, etc.
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What is a continent?
• A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth.
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What are landmasses?
Large areas of
land.
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What is a land mass?
• Land mass refers to the total area of a country or geographical region (which may include discontinuous pieces of land such as islands).
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A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. There are seven continents –
they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and
Australia
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What continent do we live on?
Right Here
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North America is our continent, trace it with your finger.
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South America
Can you tell what letter is drawn to help you remember which continent this is? Take a look.
“S” for South America
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Australia
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Do you see the Kangaroo and its Joey in the top part of Australia?
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Antarctica
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How do you tell the difference between Australia and Antarctica? LOOK for the Kangaroo and the Ant.
Australia Antarctica
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Europe
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Europe has ”the boot” (Italy). Can you match the boot?
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Asia
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Africa
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Name the ContinentAustralia North America
Africa Asia
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• Where do I go ?
South America
Europe
Antarctica
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Did you know that…
• The Earth's total land mass is about 29.2% of its total surface.
• Water covers approximately 70.8% of the Earth's surface, mostly in the form of oceans.
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What continents do these pictures go with?
• Europe• South America• Australia• Antarctica• North America• Asia• Africa
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Name the continents?
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Let’s try again
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Can you name the continents on this map?
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Let’s practice our continents before you get your paper.
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Match the Name the Continent shape with the name.
Australia North AmericaAfrica AsiaSouth America Antarctica Europe
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“Nice job learning about our world!”