OCEANS
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This continent is where the United States is located.
What is North America?
Land completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
The layer of Earth we live on.
What is the crust?
The four main directions on a map.
What are north, south, east, and west?
This ocean lies between North America and Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This is the largest continent in the world.
What is Asia?
A very dry region that gets little rain.
What is a desert?
Magma that reaches Earth’s surface is called this.
What is lava?
The imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This is the smallest ocean.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
The Amazon Rainforest is found on this continent.
What is South America?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
These moving pieces of Earth’s crust cause earthquakes.
What are tectonic plates?
This map feature explains what symbols mean.
What is a map key (legend)?
This ocean surrounds Antarctica.
What is the Southern Ocean?
This continent is covered mostly in ice.
What is Antarctica?
The longest mountain range in the world.
What are the Andes Mountains?
A mountain that erupts lava and ash.
What is a volcano?
The tool on a map that shows direction.
What is a compass rose?
This ocean lies between Africa, Asia, and Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This continent contains the Sahara Desert.
What is Africa?
A low area between hills or mountains, often with a river.
What is a valley?
The hot melted rock beneath Earth’s surface.
What is magma?
Imaginary lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What is latitude?