Reading Club C 閱讀俱樂部 C -- 4 -- Peter Rabit (4)
by Camilla Wu
Day: Saturday
Date: October 16th, 2010
Visual Arts / Peter Rabit / Geography
* Visual Arts -- Get in Line / Get in Shape
* Peter Rabit
* Geography -- 7 continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents – they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
Plate tectonics is the geological process and study of the movement, collision and division of continents, earlier known as continental drift.
The expression "the Continent" may also refer to Continental Europe, that is, the mainland of Europe, excluding the British Isles, Iceland and some other islands.
Animated, color-coded map showing the various continents. Depending on the convention and model, different landmasses can be divided in different ways. For example, what is known as Eurasia is often subdivided into Europe and Asia (red shades), while North and South America are sometimes recognized as one American continent (green shades).
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Source: http://geography.about.com/od/learnabouttheearth/qt/qzcontinents.htm
Six or Seven Continents on Earth
Six or Seven Continents is a Common Answer
By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide
A continent is one of several major land masses on the earth. There is no standard definition for the number of continents but you will commonly find that the numbers six or seven are used.
By most standards, there are a seven continents - Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Most students in the United States are taught that there are seven continents.
European Division of Continents
In Europe and other parts of the world, many students are taught of six continents, where North and South America are combined to form a single continent of America. Thus, these six continents are Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Many scientists now refer to six continents, where Europe and Asia are combined (since they're one solid geologic landmass). Thus, these six continents are Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Eurasia, North America, and South America.
Geographers divide the planet into regions, and generally not continents, for ease of study. Various geographers have various definitions of these world regions. This Official Listing of Countries by Region divides the world into eight regions: Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, North America, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Australia and Oceania.
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