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

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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.

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There are seven continents on Earth. Here they are in order,

from biggest to smallest:

Asia

Africa

North America

South America

Antartica

Europe

Australasia

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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

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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.

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Asia is the largest continent on Earth. It also has the largest

population. More than half of all the people on Earth live

there.

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The Southern Ocean is home to the empeor penguins.

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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

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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.

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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

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Natural featureshave not been changed by people

forestcliff

fieldroad

plain

village

Man-made features are made by people

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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.

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tells us hat each colour means

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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.