unit 4. social science: the surface of the earth
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Natural features have not been chandged by people
Man-made features were put there by people
Cliff Beach Headland
Road Harbour Lighthouse
Most of the water is in the oceans and seas.
All the land on Earth is divided up into the continents.
There are seven continents. Some of the continents are
connected to each other and others are completely
surrounded by water.
There are seven continents on Earth. Here they are in order,
from biggest to smallest:
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antartica
Europe
Australasia
The oceans are:
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is about the half of the size of thePacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the warmest ocean
The Southern Ocean completelysurrounds Antartica
The Artic Ocean is the smallest ocean. It isalso the shallowest
The seas are smaller than the oceans. They can be partly or
completely surrounded by land:
The South China sea is the largest sea. It is located to thesouth of China.
The Caribbean Sea extends from Mexico to Venezuela.
The Mediterranean Sea is surrounded by 21 countries including Spain.
Asia is the largest continent on Earth. It also has the largest
population. More than half of all the people on Earth live
there.
The Southern Ocean is home to the empeor penguins.
A landscape is an area of land that has a particular appearance. Natural features of landscapes are called landforms. Inlandlandscapes can have many different landforms, such as mountainsor valleys
Most of Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula. A peninsula is an area of land that is mostly surrounded bywater, but is connected to a larger area of land at onepoint. The coast of Spain is full of different types of coastallandforms.
The Iberian Peninsula is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to thewest, the Mediterranean Sea to the east and south, and theCantabric Sea to the north.
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean sea
Cantabric Sea
Natural featureshave not been changed by people
forestcliff
fieldroad
plain
village
Man-made features are made by people
Mainland Spain is located in the south-west of Europe. Spain also has two archipelagos and two cities in the northof Africa. There are lots of different types of landscapes in Spain and many different landforms.
tells us hat each colour means
Physical maps show hills, mountains and low areas of land in different colours so it’s easy for us to see them. There is alsoa key which tells us what each colour means.