Question

_____continent is called white continent.Fill in the blank.

Answer 1

Answer:

The continent that is known as white continent is __Antarctica_.

Antarctica is a continent that is covered with ice as it is frozen whole time of the year. Very few percentage of Antarctica do not have frozen surface, that constitutes 0.5% of whole of the continent.

Therefore, due to the snowy covering throughout the year it is called white continent. It is located in the south pole and has driest and coolest temperature that makes it the fifth largest continents among the other seven continents.

Answer 2

Antarctica is called White Continent.

Explanation:

• Antarctica is referred to as the white continent since the entire continent is frozen and is under the cover of snow all year round.

• The snow cover and thick sheet of ice give it the look of a totally white continent.

• There is only a small part of 0.5% which is not covered with snow.

• The continent hardly gets much of sunlight, as a result, it is frozen throughout the year.