Transcript Unit 3 Geography- Continent Powerpoint

Unit 3 GeographyContinent 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
You can see our continents on a
map or a globe.
• A globe is a threedimensional scale
model of Earth.
• The word "globe" comes
from the Latin word
globus, meaning round
mass or sphere.
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.
What is a continent?
• A continent is one of several large
landmasses on Earth.
What are landmasses?
Large
areas of land.
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).
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
What continent do we live on?
Right Here
North America is our continent,
trace it with your finger.
South America
Can you tell what
letter is drawn to help
you remember which
continent this is?
Take a look.
“S” for South America
Australia
Do you see the Kangaroo and its Joey in
the top part of Australia?
Antarctica
How do you tell the difference between
Australia and Antarctica? LOOK for the
Kangaroo and the Ant.
Australia
Antarctica
Europe
Europe has ”the boot” (Italy).
Can you match the boot?
Asia
Africa
Name the Continent
Australia
Africa
North America
Asia
South America
Europe
Antarctica
• Where do I go ?
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.
What continents do these pictures go with?
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Europe
South America
Australia
Antarctica
North America
Asia
Africa
Name the continents?
Let’s try again
Can you name the continents on this map?
Let’s practice our continents
before you get your paper.
Match the Name the Continent shape with the name.
Africa South America Antarctica
Europe Australia
Asia
North America
“Nice job learning about our world!”