3.06 Identify and locate the major continents and oceans using maps and globes: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

Prime Meridian

An imaginary line that divides the earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres

Pacific Ocean

Largest and Deepest Ocean in the World

Eastern Hemisphere

The hemisphere east of the Prime Meridian.

Arctic Ocean

the smallest and coldest ocean on earth

7 Continents of the World:

1. North America 2. South America 3. Africa 4. Asia 5. Europe 6. Antarctica 7. Australia

Africa

2nd largest continent

ocean

There are 5 major bodies of salt water that surround the continents:, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

North America

This is the continent that you live on!

Western Hemisphere

West of the Prime Meridian

Atlantic Ocean

What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

Northern Hemisphere

Which continents and oceans are completely in the Northern Hemisphere?

Southern Hemisphere

Which continents and oceans are completely in the Southern Hemisphere?

hemisphere

a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.

Antarctica

an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle

Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean)

fourth largest ocean

Asia

largest continent

continent

one of the seven large landmasses on the earth

Australia

smallest continent

Southern Hemisphere

the half of the Earth south of the equator

Northern Hemisphere

the half of the earth north of the equator

Indian Ocean

warmest ocean and touches (or borders) 3 continents: Africa, Asia, Australia