Continents of the World

Renee Biermann

Description

Asia is huge! Antarctica is cold. Australia is an island. Africa has deserts, rain forests and more! Find out about the geography, climate and animals of Earth's seven main land masses and what makes each one unique.

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781398218321
• Langue: English

Extrait

Continents of the World
Level 26
Non-fiction
Word count: 1,262
Curriculum links: animals; earth science; geography;social studies
Te xt type: informational
Extending v ocabulary: billion, country, island, million, population, temperature,weather
Example questions: How are all the continents the same? How are all the continents different? On which continent would you most like to live? Which continent has the most interesting animals? Explain your reasons why. Look at the maps in the book. Can you tell which continent has the most countries?
Programme link:
Too Cold for Football (F)
CONTINENTSof the WORLD
by Renee Biermann
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Editorial credits Erika L. Shores, editor; Dina Her, designer; Kelly Garvin, media researcher; Laura Manthe, production specialist
Continents of the World ISBN: 978 1 3982 0219 1ISBN: 978 1 3982 1832 1 (ebook)
CONTENTS
What are the continents? ............... 4
Asia ..................................... 6
Europe ................................ 10
Africa ................................. 14
North America ......................... 18
South America ......................... 22
Australia ............................... 26
Antarctica ............................. 30
Glossary ............................. 32
Index ................................. 32