Continents & Oceans — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which continent do penguins live on?
A) Europe
B) North America
C) Antarctica
D) Asia
Penguins live where it is very cold and icy, and that is Antarctica, the frozen continent at the South Pole.
2. How many oceans does Earth have?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Ten
Earth has five oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern. Counting them gives the answer five.
3. Which ocean is the smallest?
A) Pacific
B) Atlantic
C) Indian
D) Arctic
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the five because it covers the area around the North Pole, which is a smaller part of Earth.
4. What shape is a globe?
A) Square
B) Triangle
C) Sphere
D) Flat
A globe is shaped like a ball, and the special name for that round, ball-like shape is sphere.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Africa and Asia are both large continents.
Africa and Asia are the two biggest continents on Earth, so Asia fills the blank.
2. The Atlantic Ocean sits between North America and Europe.
The wide stretch of water that separates North America from Europe is the Atlantic Ocean.
3. A continent is a large area of land.
A continent is a huge piece of dry ground where people, plants, and animals live, so the missing word is land.
4. Australia is a continent surrounded by water on all sides.
Australia is the only continent that has water on every side, so the name that fits is Australia.
5. People use maps and globes to learn about Earth.
To learn about Earth, people study flat maps and round globes, so globes is the second tool that completes the sentence.