Vocabulary 1
What do we call the land and water on Earth?
Surface
How many continents are there on Earth?
7
What do we call the blue part of the Earth on a map?
Ocean
Did the continents always look like they do today?
No, they changed over time.
Name 3 continents
A
NA
SA
What is a large area of land called?
Continent
Which continent do we live on?
South America
Which word means the weather in a place over many years?
Climate
Do continents move today?
Yes, very slowly.
Mention 4 continents not mentioned above.
Eu
As
An
Oc
What is a very large body of salt water?
Ocean
What is the name of the theory that explains how continents move?
Plate tectonics
What is a natural hole in the Earth where lava comes out?
Volcano
Why do continents move?
Because the plates under Earth move.
A large area with many trees.
Forest
What word describes high land, often with snow at the top?
Mountain
What do we call the big land that existed millions of years ago?
Pangaea
What is a large flat area of land called?
Plain
How do we know the continents moved?
They look like puzzle pieces and have similar fossils.
Sun, rain, wind, snow, etc. today or this week.
Weather
What do we call the line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres?
Equator
What are the large pieces of Earth’s crust called?
Plates
What is a part of land that is surrounded by water?
Island
What forms when plates crash into each other?
Mountains.
When the ground shakes.
Earthquake