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The continentsThe continents

What do we know?

The continents

Which continents are separated by the Pacific Ocean?

Which continent is made up of islands?

Europe

Which oceans and seas do Europe’s rivers flow into?

Find 5 mountain ranges on the map.

Europe’s natural landscapes

Name three countries which have Mediterranean forest and scrubland.

What is the United Kingdom’s natural landscape?

Africa

Find two mountain ranges on the map.

What is the name of the desert that covers more than a quarter of Africa?

Africa’s rivers and natural landscapes

What types of natural landscapes are there in southern Africa?

What climate, vegetation and fauna can be found in these landscapes?

Asia

Which oceans do Asia’s rivers flow into?

Find three mountain ranges on the map.

Asia’s natural landscapes

What is the Arabian Peninsula’s natural landscape?

Name three countries that have equatorial and tropical rainforests.

Oceania

Find three mountain ranges on the map.

Find two deserts on the map.

Oceania’s natural landscapes

What types of natural landscapes are there in Australia?

Which part of Australia has dense forests and a lot of rain?

America

What are the names of America’s three regions?

Name two young American mountain ranges.

America’s natural landscapes

What types of natural landscapes are there in South America?

Which parts of America have wild boar, wolves and holm oaks?

Antarctica

Does Antarctica have lakes and rivers?

What type of climate does Antarctica have?

What have we learned?

EuropeEuropeMost of the land is flat, but there are old massifs and young mountains

The coasts have many inlets and outlets . The rivers are mainly short

OceaniaIt comprises Australia and the archipelagos of New Zealand, New Guinea,Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia

Africa

Relief includes plains, plateaus and mountain ranges

It has fast-flowing rivers and inland seas

It has mountain ranges and many plateaus. There are big rivers

Asia

EuropeEurope

Africa

What have we learned?

AntarcticaAntarcticaMost of the surface is covered in a layer of ice

The climate is polar and there is hardly any vegetation

AmericaRelief includes old massifs, young mountain ranges, wide plains and many volcanoes

There are rivers carrying lots of water and big lakes