Viva Connect book

1. Chapter : 1
The World We Live In

3. 200 million
Alfred Wegener
all land

4. DRIFT - to move slowly

5. OCEANS

6. Northern
Hemisphere
India
Largest Continent
1 2,300 languages
The only country in Asia that is located entirely in the
Southern Hemisphere is Indonesia.
48 countries

7. Second largest
Dark
Continents
First humans
lived
Known by people
after a long time
2
Nile river
( longest river)
Sahara Desert

8. Third largest
continent
23 countries
New world along with
South America
New world
3
Northern
Hemisphere

9. Fourth largest
continent
Connected with
North America
4
Isthmus of
Panama

11. coldest continent
fifth largest
no permanent human
inhabitation
5
It lies in the extreme south of the world
around the South Pole

12. Eurasia along
with Asia
Sixth largest
continent
6

13. Also known as
Island
Southern
Hemisphere
Smallest
Continent

14. Landforms on the Earth

15. Mountains
Chain of mountains /mountain
ranges
A mountain is a raised level of land with sloping sides and a sharp peak.
Small mountains / hills
Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga

16. Plateau
A plateau is an area of raised land with a flat top. It is also known as table land as it looks
like a table.
Deccan Plateau /India
Tibet Plateau / China

17. Plains
A plains is a flat land.
Ganga plain and Indus
plain
Fertile land
Northern plains / India

18. Oceans

20. Pacific Ocean
It separates the continent of Asia from the continent of North and South America
largest and deepest ocean

21. Atlantic
Ocean
North America and
South America
Europe and Africa

22. Indian Ocean
It lies to the south of Asia
It is a water body named after our country India

23. Arctic Ocean
very small
frozen round the year
North Pole

24. Antarctic Ocean
It lies in the extreme south of the world, around the
continent of Antarctica.

25. Uses of Oceans
• They shelter many sea animals.
• They act as waterways for transportation.
• Oceans water produces salt.
• The water of the oceans evaporates and
forms rain clouds which bring rains.
• Oceans help generate electricity from tidal
waves.

26. Water Bodies on the Earth
• Besides oceans, there are
various other water bodies
on the surface of the earth.
• Rivers, lake and seas are
some of the water bodies.

27. Water bodies that flow from mountains to plains are called
The point where the river starts is called its and the point
where it enters a lake, large river or the oceans is called its .

28. • A deep and vast stretch of water found along
the edge of the continent is called a Sea.
• The seas open upon into mighty oceans.

29. It is a water body surrounded by land on all sides.
A lake is a hollow and low land where rain water
gets collected .

30. Use clay to make a models of hills,
ranges of mountains , plateaus and
plains.
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