Continent

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/continent

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the number of continents (commonly recognized)?Seven: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia
2. What is the most populous continent?Asia (over 4.7 billion people)
3. How many continents are there?Most people count seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Some people think there are only four or five, depending on how they group them.
4. Why do continents move?Continents sit on huge plates that slowly slide over the Earth’s mantle. Over millions of years, these movements can change the shape and position of continents.

Tectonic Plates: Massive, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock that make up the Earth's lithosphere and move slowly.
Continental Drift: The gradual movement of the continents across the Earth's surface over millions of years.
Continental Crust: The layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the continents.
Eurasia: A combined landmass of Europe and Asia, often considered a single continent.