EARTH SCIENCE

• fill in the missing parts

  A) Arctic Circle

  B) Tropic of Cancer

  C) Equator

  D) Tropic of Capricorn

  E) Antarctic Circle

  
• Landforms - natural formation of rocks, soil, and dirt found on Earth.
• The water on Earth occupies 70%, while the land occupies 30%
• fill in the missing parts

  A) North America

  B) Europe

  C) Asia

  D) Australia

  E) Antarctica

  F) Africa

  G) South America

  
• Asia - largest continent, covers 1/3 of land area
• Africa - second largest continent, covers 22% of land area
• Sahara Desert - largest desert in the world
• Nile - longest river in the world
• North America - twice the size of Europe
• Greenland - largest island; located in North America
• South America - fourth largest continent
• Antarctica - fifth largest continent
• Europe - sixth largest continent
• Europa - daugther of Greek mythology.
• Australia - smallest continent
• List all of the 7 continents IN ORDER.

  • Asia
  • Africa
  • North America
  • South America
  • Antarctica
  • Europe
  • Australia
• Mountain - place that is much higher than the land around it.
• Volcano - landform that has a small opening on top where hot rocks or lava come out.
• Plain - low, flat, and wide landform.
• Plateau - flat stetch of land on top of a mountain
• Hill - lower and smaller than a mountain.
• Mountain Ranges - chains of mountains
• Valley - a long depression on a land
• Peninsula - form of land that sticks out some of its part into a body of water.
• Island - piece of land completely surrounded by water
• Isthmus - a narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger masses.
• Hydrosphere - totality of water surrounding the Earth.
• Ocean - a very large area of salt water.
• Complete the Acronym.

  P - Pacific Ocean

  A - Atlantic Ocean

  I - Indian Ocean

  S - Southern Ocean

  A - Arctic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean - biggest ocean
• Mariana Trench - location of the Challenger Deep, the deepest body of water.
• Pacific means peaceful
• Atlantic Ocean - second biggest ocean
• Indian Ocean - third biggest ocean
• Southern Ocean - second smallest ocean
• Indian Ocean - coldest ocean
• Arctic Ocean - smallest ocean
• The overall salinity of the ocean is 3.5%
• Density - is a measure of the mass of a substance divided by its volume.
• Salt water is denser than cold water.