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WorksheetsThe continents
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
How many continents are there?
6
5
7
4
Which continent is the largest one?
Antarctica.
America.
Asia.
Africa.
Oceania.
Which continent is the smallest one?
Antarctica.
America.
Asia.
Europe.
Oceania.
The Great Plain, with good land for agriculture (specially wheat), belongs to:
America.
Europe.
Africa.
Asia.
Europe
It is separated from Africa by the Caribbean sea.
Presents many endorreic areas.
It is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains.
Central and Western Europe is flat.
In South Europe we can find:
a great plain, with good land for agriculture.
mountain ranges and fluvial valleis with good land for agriculture.
old mountains with woods, lifestock farming and mines.
small glaciar valleys with wood, lifestock farming and mines.
Europe presents old mountains:
to the North, East and Central Europe.
to the South and East Europe.
to the West, South and Central Europe.
only to the East (Ural Mountains).
America:
four areas can be defined (Greenland, North, Central and South America).
It shows two main areas.
It's a single one plate.
it's made up with three plates (North, Central and South america).
America:
shows four main geographical areas from North to South.
can be described with three main geographical areas from East to West.
young mountains appear to the East.
It has small plains in the centre.
Climates of America.
Cold climates predominate in South America.
There is a big inlfuence from the sea in North America, in spite of the coastal mountain ranges.
Temperate climates predominate in North America.
There is a great variety of climates.
Central and South America:
shows, from East to West, old mountains, plains and mountain ranges (Andes).
shows a small variety of hot climates, specially in the mountains.
many volcanoes in the centre of Argentina.
three groups of islands in the Caribbean sea (Greater, Intermediate and Lesser Antilles).
Asia:
in spite of its profile, it's a very solid continent.
Himalayas is here and its average altitude is the hitghest in the planet.
Drakensberg mountain range is here.
the climates are mostly cold.
Africa:
in ths Southeast there is a tropical monsoon climate.
looks very solid, but it's breaking up in two.
there are many mountain ranges like Atlas and Drakensberg.
there is a great variety of any type of climates.
Oceania:
all New Guinea belongs to it.
but Australia, landscape is very rugged.
on the contrary of what most people believe, Hawaii belongs to America.
New Zealand is a sandy island.
Antarctica:
its polar climate is not extreme.
only half of it is covered by ice.
average altitude is 2000 m.
the South pole is near the coastline.
Lake Baikal:
it's in the centre of Asia.
it's in Africa.
it's in the Northeast of Asia.
it's in South America, near the Titicaca lake.
Tibetan plateau:
it's above 4000 m and it's in Oceania.
it's above 2000 m and it's in Africa.
it's above 3000 m and it0s to the South of Asia.
it's above 4000 m and it0s to the North of the Himalayas.
Zambezi river:
it's to the SW of Africa.
it's to the NW of Africa.
it's to the SE of Africa.
it's to the NW of Africa.
