Test: The Earth-Our World- 2 - Class 5 MCQ

By most standards, Earth has seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America.

• A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere.
• A model globe of Earth is called a terrestrial globe.

• Earth is the only planet in our solar system which has all the favorable conditions for the existence of life.
• The climate of the earth is neither too hot nor too cold.
• Our Earth consists of water and air.
• These two components i.e. water and air are the most essential for our survival.

• There are two main divisions of the earth's surface.
• The large landmasses are known as the continents and the huge water bodies are called the ocean basins.

Southern Ocean, also called Antarctic Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-sixteenth of Earth's total ocean area.

71% of the earth's surface is covered with water; 29% is land. Most of the 71% that is covered in water is oceans.

Africa, the second-largest continent, covers an area more than three times that of the United States.