Continents and Oceans — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which continent is the smallest on Earth?
A) Europe
B) Antarctica
C) Australia
D) South America
Australia takes up less area than any of the other six continents. It is also the only continent that is one single country.
2. What does the word hemisphere mean?
A) A whole circle
B) Half of a sphere
C) A type of map
D) A kind of ocean
A sphere is a ball shape, and the prefix hemi means half, so hemisphere means half of a ball. Earth is split into Northern and Southern halves and into Eastern and Western halves.
3. Which ocean is the warmest?
A) Arctic Ocean
B) Southern Ocean
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean sits mostly in the warm waters near the equator between Africa and Australia. That tropical location keeps its water hotter than other oceans.
4. Which continent has the Amazon rain forest?
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) South America
D) North America
The Amazon rain forest spreads across the northern part of South America, following the Amazon River. It is the biggest rain forest on Earth.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The seven continents are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
Six continents are already listed in the question, so the missing seventh one is Australia. Australia is the smallest of the seven.
2. The Southern Ocean surrounds the continent of Antarctica.
The Southern is a body of salty water, which makes it an ocean. It wraps all the way around Antarctica like a ring.
3. Europe and Asia together are sometimes called Eurasia.
Eurasia is a word made by mashing Europe and Asia together, which matches how their land is joined in real life. People use it when they want to talk about both continents at once.
4. The Arctic Ocean is covered with floating ice near the North Pole.
The Arctic Ocean is the one that circles the North Pole, and much of it is topped with huge sheets of floating ice. Polar bears hunt on that ice.
5. A flat picture of the whole Earth is called a world map.
A world map shows every continent and ocean on one flat page. Unlike a globe, it does not keep Earth's round shape.