Continents Flashcards

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What are the 7 continents?

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North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Antartica, Asia, Australia

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Name 3 counter is in North America

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Canada, Mexico, USA

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3
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Name 3 countries in South America

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Brazil, Colomombia, Peru

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Name 3 countries in Europe

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Portugal, France, England

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Name 3 Cpuntries in Asia

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Japan, China, North Korea

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Name 3 countries in Australia

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New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand

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Name 3 countries in Africa

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Tanzania, Egypt, Nigeria

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What is the climate in the savannah

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Hot and dry all year around

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What is a human geographical feature

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Something made by human hands such as offices, farms, ports and harbours

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What is a Physical geographical Feature?

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The natural features on the earth’s surface such as rivers, lakes,hills,forests and valleys

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What is a river

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A large, natural stream of freshwater flowing along a course and into the sea, Karla or other rivers

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What is a hill?

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A natural rise in the earths surface - hills are not so high as mountains

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What is a forest?

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A forest is a large wooded area covered with trees and plants

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What is a valley?

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A valley is a low area of land between hills or mountains, usually containing a river.

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Where can we find rainforests?

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Central and South America, western and central Africa, western India and Southeast Asia,

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Where are rainforests located?

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Near the equator where it is warm

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What are the 2 major rainforests?

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The Congo and Amazon

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Name 3 animals that live in the rainforests

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Toucans, butterflies, Sloths

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What is the climate of the rainforests?

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Rainy and warm all year

20
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What is a biome?

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Boimes are regions of the world with similar climate, animals and plants

21
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Name 6 biomes

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Rainforests, deserts, savannah, grasslands, woodlands and Tundra

22
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What is the largest Rainforest

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The Amazon rainforests

23
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What is the largest desert

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The Sahara desert

24
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What is the largest river

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The Nile river

25
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What is the difference between climate and weather

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The climate is the average weather conditions over a long period of time, and the weather is the conditions of the atmosphere and it changes daily

26
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Name some animals in the Savannah?

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Elephant, zebras and wildbeast

27
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What is a grassland?

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Areas of land that at vast and open, grasses are the main plants 🪴

28
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Where are the largest grasslands?

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East Africa

29
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Name some animals of the grasslands

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Giraffes 🦒 , Elephants 🐘 and rhinos 🦏

30
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What is the climate of woodlands?

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Warm and mild with more rain on the winter

31
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What is the coldest biome?

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Tunder

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What is the empact of a flood in the environment and humans

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animals and humans might die and damage properties

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How do tectonic plates move?

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Rubbing together, towards eachother and away from eachother

34
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What are the 4 layers of earth?

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The crust, the mantle, the outercore and the innercore

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What is the crust?

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The outermost layer. Like the skin of the air

36
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What is the mantle?

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The widest part of the earth and it’s really really hot 🥵 and it starts to have magma

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What is the outer core?

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Very very hot area 🥵 made out of iron and nickel

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What is the Innercore?

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The HOTTEST layer and the temperature is 5,500•c

39
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What are the features of the river?

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The source, meander, channel, waterfall, floodplain and the mouth

40
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What is a office,

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A room where people work

41
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What is a farm?

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Where animals are kept

42
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What is a port?

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A place for ships to load and unload goods

43
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What is a harbour?

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It’s where boats or ships are kept