SCIENCE QUARTER 4

• archipelago - are made with many islands
• archi and pelagos - are greek words that means "chief sea"
• archi - chief
• pelagos - sea
• continents - are the largest land masses that makes up the earths surface
• Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Austraila, Europe, North America , south America. - these are the 7 continents of the earth
• asia - composed of about 48 countries
• asia - considered as the largest continenet of the world
• asia - considered as the most populated continent of the world
• asia - has a total population of 4.5 billion people
• africa - second largest continent of the world, has 57 countries and its total population is 1.2 billion people
• sahara dessert - the worlds largest dessert
• north america - 3rd largest continent , has 23 countries and a total population of 580 people
• lake superior - largest lake in the world
• cuba - sugar bowl of the world
• north america - largest sugar exporter
• south america - 4th largest continent . 17.84 million km
• amazon river - the worlds largest river
• amazon rainforest - worlds largest rainforest
• antarctica - coldest continent of the world located i the south pole
• antarctica - least populated continent (less than 5k people )
• antarctica - very few plants and animals
• Europe - 6th largest continent of the world , (3rd largest population)
• europe - has 51 countries
• russia - is the largest country in europe
• vatican city - smallest city in europe
• austraila - worlds smallest continent
• austraila - island continent
• austraila - the great barrier rief ( largest coral rief )
• solar energy - energy from the sun
• wind energy - energy coming from the wind
• hydro powered energy - energy coming from water
• geothermal energy - energy coming from heat