Unit 3 Geography Continent Power Point

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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 Continent
Australia
North America
Africa
Asia
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South America
Antarctica

• Where do I go ?

Europe
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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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Lets try again
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Can you name the continents on this map?
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Lets practice our continents before you get your
paper.
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Match the Name the Continent shape with the name.
Australia
North America
Africa
Asia
South America
Antarctica
Europe
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Nice job learning about our world!