Continents & Oceans — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Africa is the second largest continent.
The South Pole is the very bottom point of Earth, right in the middle of the frozen continent of Antarctica.
2. The Pacific Ocean is the biggest and deepest ocean.
More than half of all the people on Earth live in Asia, in countries like China, India, Japan, and Indonesia, which makes Asia the continent with the most people.
3. Australia is the smallest continent.
The Atlantic Ocean stretches between the continents of North and South America on one side and Europe and Africa on the other, keeping them apart.
4. North America has countries like the USA and Canada.
Mapmakers use green for grassy lowlands and forests and brown for mountains and deserts, so green and brown areas on a map show where the land is.
5. Penguins live on the continent of Antarctica.
Earth has seven continents of land and five oceans of salt water, and together they make up the whole surface of our planet.
6. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean.
The Southern Ocean, which wraps around Antarctica, is the newest ocean because scientists only officially named it in 2000, long after the other four.
7. Europe is home to countries like France and Germany.
A map key is a little box on a map that explains what each color and picture symbol means, like showing that blue is water or a tree icon means a forest.
8. A globe can spin so you see every continent.
The Indian Ocean sits on the west side of Australia and the Pacific Ocean sits on the east side, so Australia has ocean water on both sides.
9. There are five oceans on Earth.
Antarctica is so cold and icy that no families have homes there. Only scientists visit for short times to study the weather and wildlife.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Asia
→ Largest continent
Largest continent
Antarctica
→ Coldest continent
Coldest continent
Africa
→ Has the Sahara Desert
Has the Sahara Desert
Australia
→ Smallest continent
Smallest continent
The Southern Ocean wraps all the way around Antarctica, the Atlantic sits between the Americas and Africa, the Pacific is the biggest and deepest of all oceans, and the Arctic Ocean rings the North Pole at the top of the world.