Continents & Oceans & vocab – Flashcards
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half of the Earth, the division of the globe into two equal parts-northern & southern, or eastern & western
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hemisphere
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One of Earth’s seven large bodies of land
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continent
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An imaginary line circling Earth halfway between the North and South poles and dividing Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres (line of latitude)
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equator
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An imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England. It is line of longitude marked 0° on the world map, from which the Earth is divided into the Eastern and Western hemispheres
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prime meridian
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(name the continent) the Arctic Ocean is to the north, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east, & the Pacific Ocean is to the west
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North America
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(name the continent) Antarctica (and the Southern Ocean)are to the south, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east, & the Pacific Ocean is to the west
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South America
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(name the continent) the Arctic Ocean is to the north, the Atlantic Ocean is to the west
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Europe
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(name the continent) the Atlantic Ocean is to the west, the Indian Ocean is to the east
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Africa
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(name the continent) the Arctic Ocean is to the north, the Pacific Ocean is to the east, the Indian Ocean is to the south
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Asia
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(name the continent) the Indian Ocean is to the west, the Pacific Ocean is to the east
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Australia
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(name the continent) the Atlantic Ocean is to the north, the Pacific Ocean is to the north, the Indian Ocean is to the north
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Antarctica
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(name the ocean) located east of North America and South America & west of Europe and Africa
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Atlantic Ocean
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(name the ocean) located east of Asia and Australia & west of North America and South America
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Pacific Ocean
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(name the ocean) located north of Asia, North America, & Europe
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Arctic Ocean
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(name the ocean) located east of Africa, south of Asia, west of Australia, & north of Antarctica
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Indian Ocean
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Which hemispheres to we live in? (name both)
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northern hemisphere & western hemisphere
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The largest bodies of salt water surrounding the great land massess, and divided by the land masses into several distinct portions
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oceans
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(name the ocean) located south of Africa, South America, & Australia
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Southern Ocean
