Grade-3 Social Science, Continents and Oceans

Chapter 5

Topic:  Continents and Oceans

Section- A

Unscramble the words to get the names of oceans. Write your answers in the blank space provided.

1.   CAPICIF - Pacific

2.   TICATLAN - Atlantic

3.   INNAID - Indian

4.   AIRCCT - Arctic

5.   THESONUR - Southern

Name the following:

1.   Any one country that is both in Asia and Europe. Russia

2.   An African country that is joined to Asia. Egypt

3.   A North American country that connects North and South America. Panama

4.   An ocean which washes the shores of North America and Eurasia. North Atlantic Ocean

5.   The ocean which separates:

a.   Africa and Eurasia from the Americas. Atlantic Ocean

b.   Asia and Oceania from the Americas. Pacific Ocean

c.   Africa and Oceania. Indian Ocean

d.   Antartica from the rest of the world. Southern Ocean

Select the correct answer from the options given.

1.   Which is the largest continent?

a.   Asia (✓)

b.   Africa

c.   North America

2.   Which is the smallest continent?

a.   Antartica

b.   Oceania (✓)

c.   Europe

3.   In which continent is India located?

a.   Africa

b.   Europe

c.   Asia (✓)

4.   What are the ‘Americas’?

a.   The USA

b.   Both North and South America when taken together (✓)

c.   All the countries of North America

5.   What do you call Europe and Asia together?

a.   Oceania

b.   Australasia

c.   Eurasia (✓)

Q. Name the continents that lie completely in the Northen Hemisphere.

Ans- Following are the continents that lie completely in the Northen Hemisphere:

1.   Europe

2.   North America

Match the colums:

Column A	Column B
The continent that surrounds the south pole.	North Atlantic Ocean
The northen part of the Atlantic Ocean	Russia
The largest island	Australia
A large country of Asia and Europe	Antartica
A country often called a continenet	Greenland

Ans-

Column A	Column B
The continent that surrounds the south pole	Antartica
The northen part of the Atlantic Ocean	North Atlantic Ocean
The largest island	Greenland
A large country of Asia and Europe	Russia
A country often called a continenet	Australia

Section- B

Q. You are travelling in StarStruck’s spaceship. As you enter space, you see the Earth. What colour does it appear to be and why?

Ans- The Earth would appear blue from space because most of the surface (71%) is covered with water.

Q. The region around the Equator (centre of the Earth) is the warmest while those touching the poles are the coldest. Based on this information, name

1.     The ocean which is

a.     The warmest

Ans- Indian Ocean

b.     The coldest

Ans- Arctic Ocean

2.     The continent which is the coldest

Ans- Antartica

Q. Captain Orb wants to explore two countries from each continent. Refer to your atlas and wrire the names of two of the largest countries in each continent which he can explore.

Continent	Country 1	Country 2
Asia	Russia	China
Africa	Algeria	Congo
Oceania	Australia	Papua New Guinea
Europe	Russia	Ukraine
South America	Brazil	Argentina
North America	USA	Canada

Q. Captain Orb and StarStruck go scuba diving, deep into the ocean. Describe what they see. How does the ocean floor appear?

Ans- Ocean floors are not plain or flat. Captain Orb and StarStruck will see mountains and deep valleys (trenches) on the ocean floor.

Section- C

Q.Imagine that you are exploring the world with Captain Orb. You are to cross an ocean and go to another continent.

1.     Which continent will you choose to go to and which ocean or oceans will you need to cross? Describe your journey and the new continent.
      Ans- I would choose to go to Africa. I will cross Indian Ocean to reach there.

2.

     Q. If  you were to help the people there or save their environment, what would you do?

Ans- I will give the following suggestion to them for saving the environment:

1-     Plant more trees

2-     Reduce plastic waste

3-     Clean rivers

Section-D

The names of continents and oceans are written above and below the map. Write the numbers of the correct continent or ocean in the place where it is found. You can shade the continents with different colours.

1. Pacific Ocean	2.North America	3. Arctic Ocean
4.Asia	5.Europe	6.Indian Ocean

7.South America	8.Atlantic Ocean	9.Antartica
10.Southern Ocean	11.Africa	12.Oceania

Section E

Q. Why is the Earth called a ‘blue planet’?

Ans- The Earth is called a ‘blue planet’ because most of the Earth looks blue from space. This is because most of the surface (71%) is covered with water.

Q. What is (a) A Continent (b) An Ocean (c) A Sea

Ans- A Continent- A very large landmass is called a continet

An Ocean- An ocean ia a very large body of water. It has salty water.
A Sea- A sea is a large body of  salty water. However it is smaller than an ocean.

Q. Name the following:

 (a) The largest ocean (b) The deepest ocean (c) The smallest continent (d) A country in each continent

(a) The largest ocean- Pacific Ocean

(b) The deepest ocean- Pacific Ocean

(c) The smallest continent- Oceania

(d) A country in each continent

Continent	Country
Asia	Russia
Africa	Algeria
Oceania	Australia
Europe	Russia
South America	Brazil
North America	USA

Q. Through which continents does the equator pass?

Ans- The equator passes through through South America, Africa, parts of Asia in the southern islands.

Q. Which oceans are ‘divided’?- Explain.

Ans- The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are very large. Therefore, they are further divided into north and south. As a result, we have the

(1)     North Pacific Ocean

(2)     South Pacific Ocean

(3)     North Atlantic Ocean

(4)     South Atlantic Ocean

Q. Which important landforms are found in continents? Give examples of each one.

Ans- Mountain – Mountain is a landform that rises prominently from its surrounding e.g. Himalayas
Valley- A valley is a low-lying region between mountains. It looks like ‘V’ or a ‘U’ e.g. Brahmaputra valley

Peninsula- A peninsula is a land that is surrounded by water on three sides e.g Indian subcontinent

Island- An island is a land that is surrounded by water on all sides e.g. Nicobar Island

Q. Write the letters for the world map for each item in the list.

(1)  E  North-America

(2)  H Asia

(3)  G Europe

(4)  B  Atlantic Ocean

(5)  D Arctic Ocean

(6)  F South America

(7)  I Africa

(8)  C Indian Ocean

(9)  J Australia

(10)                     A Pacific Ocean

1.     Which is the largest continent?

a.     Asia (✓)

b.     Europe

c.      Australia

2.     Which is the continent that you live on?

a.     Australia

b.     Africa

c.      Asia (✓)

3.     Which ocean is completely in the Northen Hemispher?

a.     Pacific

b.     Indian

c.      Arctic (✓)

4.     Which continent is completely in the Southern Hemisphere?

a.     Australia (✓)

b.     Europe

c.      Soothern America

5.     Write the name of the continet which is not shown on the map?

Ans- Antartica

Q. Write the name of the supercontinet made of Asia and Europe?

Ans- Eurasia

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