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Question 1

what is a continent?

Answer 1

Any of the seven large land masses on the planet.

Question 2

what is the equator?

Answer 2

An imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude that circles the globe at its wides point halfway between the north nd south poles.

Question 3

what is a globe?

Answer 3

A sphere-shaped model of the earth

Question 4

what is hemisphere?

Answer 4

half of earth

Question 5

what is another name for the imaginary circle on the earth’s surface that passes through the North and South poles and is a line or parallel of longitude?

Answer 5

meridian

Question 6

Name the four oceans on the planet?

Answer 6

the pacific-Atlantic-Indian-Arctic oceans

Question 7

How many conitnets are there on the planet?

Answer 7

seven

Question 8

name seven continents??

Answer 8

Asia, africa,north america,south america, europe and australia.

Question 9

what is the largest continent?

Answer 9

asia

Question 10

what is the smallest continent?

Answer 10

australia

Question 11

what continent are both the largest and the most heavily populated?

Answer 11

asia

Question 12

on what continent is sahara, the world’s largest desert located?

Answer 12

africa

Question 13

the worlds longest river, the nile, is located on what continent?

Answer 13

africa

Question 14

Located in african continent, what is the world’s longest river,

Answer 14

nile river

Question 15

name the world’s largest tropical rain forest.

Answer 15

The amazon River basin

Question 16

which area is colder- the arctic or the antarctic? and why?

Answer 16

The antarctic is the coldest because the arctic ocean moderates the cold temperature in the arctic.