Question

Chapter 2
Answer the questions-
1) What are continents?
Name some.
2) Which is the largest continent?
3) Which is the smallest continent?
4) Prime meridian passes through which continent?
5) Which is the 3rd largest continent?
6) Which continent has five great lakes?
7) Which continent is roughly circular in shape?
8) The Artic circle passes through which continent?
9) Why Europe has numerous harbours and ports?
10) Name the 3 research centres in Antarctica .
11) Write about one unique feature of Australia
12) South America is surrounded by oceans on almost all sides. Name the oceans which surrounds South America.
13) What is the importance of Isthmus of Panama?
14) What is the other name of Antarctica?
15) What is Eurasia?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. larger masses of land ex- asia , Africa
2. asia
3. Australia
4. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Prime Meridian passes through the UK, France and Spain in Europe and Algeria, Mali, Burkina, Faso, Tongo and Ghana in Africa. The only landmass crossed by the Meridian in the Southern Hemisphere is Antarctica.
5. North America
6. North America
7. Antarctica
8. The Arctic Circle passes through the Arctic Ocean, the Scandinavian Peninsula, North Asia, Northern America, and Greenland.
9. Natural harbours have been in use for a long time. They were selected because of the protection they provided from the sea without the need to construct any defences (which they would not have had the technology to build). Can access to and from the Mediterranean sea can be blocked in the Straits of Gibraltar.
10. Bharati, Dakshin Gangotri.
11. Maitri.
12. Australia is considered the 2nd driest continent after Antarctica
13. South America is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the northwest and north, the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast, east, and southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
14. By altering the flow of water between the two oceans, we know that the Isthmus of Panama contributed to the formation of the Gulf Stream, which covers much of the Atlantic and its warm waters affect weather and precipitation" says Eytan.
15. Antarctic zone
16. Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.

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Answer 2

Answer:

asia is largest

Explanation:

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