THE 4 REALMS OF EARTH

I NAME THE FOLLOWING:

1. The solid surface layer of the Earth: _____crust_________________

2. The most populous continent in the world: ___Asia_________

3. The second largest Continent on the Earth: _______Africa_______________

4. The largest hot desert in the world: _________Sahara________________

5. The world’s smallest continent: ______Australia_________________

6. The part of the Earth that is covered by water: __________70%______________

7. The largest coral reef on the Earth: __________The Great Barrier Reef_______________________

8. The largest and the deepest Ocean: _________Pacific Ocean___________________

9. The second largest and the busiest Ocean: _______Atlantic Ocean_________________

10. The total weight of the air above any point: ______14.7____________________________

11. The uneven rise of the Earth’s temperature ___Solar Heating__________________

II FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. The four realms of the Earth are _____atmosphere____________,

_________hydrosphere_________________,

_________geosphere_____________ and _________biosphere_________________

2. The three main components of the Earth are _crust________, _mantle________ and
_________core__

3. The two main features on the earth’s surface are the ________continents _______________ and

_______ocean_____________

4. The entire Asian continent lies in the _____northern hemisphere_______________ and

____________southern hemisphere_______________

Hemisphere.

5. The _Ural_______ Mountains and the _______ Mediterranean Sea _________ Sea separate Asia
from Europe on the West.
6. Europe and Asia together are called _____Eurasia_______________

7. ______Europe__________ is a peninsula surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea

and the

North Sea.

8. The _____Suez_____ Canal is one of the busiest marine routes in the world. Africa is bounded by the

_______Atlantic________________ on the west, the ________Red sea_____________ on the east and

south, the

_________Atlantic____________ on the north and ___Indian____________ on the north-east.

9. The Isthmus of ____panama___________ links North America to South America.

10. The North and South America are named after the Italian explorer ___________Amerigo
Vespucci________________

11. Australia gets its name from the Latin word ______australis____________ meaning
____________southern_________

12. The Indian Research stations at Antarctica are known as ______Maitri_____________________ and

______Dakshin Gangotri_______

13. Water is transferred from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere through
__Evaporation________________

14. Oceans cover ___70%____% of the Earth’s surface.

15. The lowest point on the surface of the Earth is ____________36,070______________ in the Mariana
Trench.

16. The Arctic is connected to the Pacific by a narrow stretch of shallow water body called the

________Bering Strait________________

17. ____________Ocean’s current_________ are the horizontal movements of sea water caused by
many factors including

wind and the Earth’s movement.

18. The three major movements of the ocean waters are _____waves ______, ___tides________ and

____ocean____currents____________

19. The word atmosphere is derived from ___atmos_______ meaning _____vapour____________

20. The __________southern ocean____________________________ is also known as Antarctic Ocean.