Our Beautiful Earth

🌐Shape of the Earth

The Earth is round like an orange, slightly flat at the top and bottom.

The Earth is home to all living things because

🔊It has the right temperature🔊It has an atmosphere (layer of air)

How the Earth is covered

🔊3/4 of Earth→🔊Covered by water

🔊1/4 of Earth→🔊Covered by land

Proof the Earth is round

🔊Ferdinand Magellan→🔊Sailed in one direction→🔊Came back to the same place

A globe and a map both help us study the very big Earth.

Models of the Earth

🔊Globe→🔊A round model of the Earth

🔊Map→🔊A flat drawing of the Earth or a part of it

Types of maps

🔊Atlas→🔊A book of maps

🔊Wall map→🔊A very large map hung on a wall

We use four main directions to locate places on a map.

The four directions

🔊North (top)🔊South (bottom)🔊East (right)🔊West (left)

Finding directions

🔊Compass→🔊Needle always points to→🔊North

Where land meets water

🔊Horizon→🔊Where sky meets land or sea

🔊Coast→🔊Where land meets the sea

There are five oceans and seven continents on Earth.

The five oceans

🔊Pacific (largest)🔊Atlantic🔊Indian🔊Arctic (smallest)🔊Antarctic (Southern)

The seven continents

🔊Asia (largest)🔊Africa🔊North America🔊South America🔊Antarctica🔊Europe🔊Australia (smallest)