Continents
This is the largest continent in the world by land area.
What is Asia?
This is the longest river in the world, flowing through 11 countries.
What is the Nile River?
This imaginary line determines where one day ends and the next begins.
What is the International Date Line?
This term describes harmful substances that are released into the air, land, or water.
What is pollution?
This black-and-white bear from China eats mostly bamboo and is considered vulnerable.
What is the giant panda?
This is the only continent that is also a country.
What is Australia?
Mount Everest lies on the border of Nepal and this country.
What is China?
This is the capital city of the United States of America.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This layer of gas in Earth's atmosphere protects us from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
What is the ozone layer?
This largest land animal with tusks from a specific continent is currently threatened by poachers.
What is the African elephant?
This frozen continent has no permanent residents.
What is Antarctica?
This line of latitude divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
These cardinal directions are the four main directions on a compass.
What are North, South, East, and West?
Reusing materials to reduce waste is known by this word.
What is recycling?
These “rainforest cats” with spots are endangered due to habitat loss in Central and South America.
What is the jaguar?
This continent is known as the birthplace of ancient civilizations like Egypt and Mesopotamia.
What is Africa?
These large bodies of saltwater cover about 71% of Earth’s surface.
What are oceans?
Countries, states, and cities are examples of these political areas on a map.
What are political boundaries?
Plastic waste in this large body of water is severely harming marine animals.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
These animals are endangered due to warming oceans and acid rain, causing them to bleach or turn white.
What are coral reefs?
This continent contains the most countries.
What is Africa?
The Sahara is the largest one of these in the world.
What is a desert?
This term describes a map feature that shows what symbols and colors represent.
What is a map key or legend?
This type of energy comes from natural sources like wind, water, and sunlight.
What is renewable energy?
These tall animals with long necks are threatened due to habitat destruction.
What is a giraffe?