STD 5 Social Science: Chapter 06 Continents and Oceans - Questions and Answers | Teaching Manual
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Chapter 06 Continents and Oceans- Textual Questions and Answers & Model Questions
1. Which colour represents the major part of the map?
Answer: Blue
2. What does the blue colour indicate?
Answer: Water
3. What is continents?
Answer: continents are vast landmasses, located in between the oceans.
4. Arrange the continents in the order of size
Answer:
• Asia
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Antarctica
• Europe
• Australia
5. Which is the largest continent?
Answer: Asia
6. Which continent has the largest population?
Answer: Asia
7. What are the features of the continent of Asia.
Answer:
• Asia is the largest continent.
• It is located to the north of the Indian Ocean.
• It is the world’s most populated continent.
• India is part of this continent
• Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is situated here.
• The continent has regions that enjoy diverse climatic features like heavy rainfall, low rainfall, snowfall, extreme heat, moderate heat and cold.
• Crops like paddy, wheat and maize are cultivated in this continent.
• Asia is the largest producer of paddy in the world.
8. The highest peak in the world
Answer: Mount Everest
9. Mount Everest is situated in which country?
Answer: Nepal
10. What is the meaning of Himalaya?
Answer: Snow covered
11. In which continent, India is situated
Answer: Asia
12. What are the features of the continent of Africa.
Answer:
• Africa is the second-largest continent.
• It is located between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
• It stands second in population.
• Most of the regions are deserts. Hence agriculture is sparse.
• The Sahara, the world’s largest desert, is located here.
• The Nile, the world’s longest river, flows through this continent.
• Dense forests with the world’s richest animal diversity exist in this continent.
13. Name the continent in which major part consists of a desert?
Answer: Africa
14. Which is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: Sahara Desert
15. Which is the world's longest river?
Answer: Nile
16. Which river is called the International River?
Answer: Nile
17. The river which flows through 11 countries?
Answer: River Nile
18. Why is the Nile known as the International River?
Answer: This river is about 6850 km long and flows through eleven countries in Africa.
19. The river that has been described as the lifeblood of Egypt and Sudan.
Answer: The Nile
20. What are the features of the continent of North America?
Answer:
• It is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
• It stands third in size.
• Mount Mckinley in the Alaska Mountain Range is the highest peak.
• The five great lakes which together hold 21% of the world’s available freshwater are located here.
• The Inuits (Eskimos) living in snow-covered regions are a special feature of this continent.
• The climate and soil are suitable for agriculture.
• It is the world’s largest producer of wheat.
21. The Inuits (Eskimos) are found in which continent?
Answer: North America
22. What is meant by Igloos?
Answer: Eskimos living in the frozen regions of the North Pole make temporary houses with blocks of ice. It is called Igloos.
23. The Five Great Lakes
Answer: The lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario located in Canada and the United States of America are collectively known as the five great lakes of North America.
24. What are the features of the continent of South America?
Answer:
• It is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
• It stands fourth in size.
• Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak.
• River Amazon with the largest share of freshwater, flows through this
continent.
• The dense forests of the Amazon river basin situated to the north of South America are rich in diverse plant and animal life. Cattle rearing is an important occupation of the people.
25. River Amazon situated in which continent?
Answer: South America
26. Which river is the type of fish Piranha is found in?
Answer: Amazon
27. The birthplace of tapioca
Answer: South America
28. The highest peak in South America
Answer: Mount Aconcagua
29. What is the important occupation of South America?
Answer: Cattle rearing
30. What are the features of the continent of Antarctica?
Answer:
• Antarctica stands fifth in size.
• It is the coldest region in the world.
• It is known as 'the White Continent' since it is covered with snow throughout the year.
• There is no permanent human settlement.
• Many countries have set up research centres for climate studies and mineral explorations in this mineral-rich continent.
• Maitri and Bharathi are the Indian research centres in Antarctica.
31. Which is the coldest region of the world?
Answer: Antarctica
32. What is known as " Maithri" and "Bharati"?
Answer: Indian research centres
33. What is the name of India's post office in Antarctica?
Answer: Dakshin Gangothri
34. Which are the animals found in Antarctica?
Answer: Penguins, Albatros, seals, whales
35. Which continent is known as ‘White continent |?
Answer: Antarctica
36. Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
Answer: Ural mountains
37. What are the features of the continent of Europe?
Answer:
• It is located between the Atlantic Ocean and Asia.
• It stands sixth in size.
• The Ural mountain range separates it from Asia.
• It is the third most populated continent.
• Though Southern Europe enjoys moderate heat and cold, the northern part experiences severe cold.
• It is industrially developed.
• Fishing is an important occupation.
38. Which country is popularly known as 'Land of the Midnight Sun'?
Answer: Norway
39. Who wrote the book 'Pathira Suryante Nattil'?
Answer: S. K. Pottekkatt.
40. What are the features of the continent of Australia?
Answer:
• It is the smallest continent.
• Australia along with a few surrounding islands is known as Oceania
• It is referred to as 'the Island Continent' as it is surrounded by Ocean.
• Platypus (the egg-laying mammal), kangaroo (the animal with a pouch), Dingo (belonging to the dog family), etc. are found exclusively in Australia.
• Wheat is cultivated extensively.
• Minerals like gold, iron ore and uranium are heavily mined here.
• It is famous for sheep rearing.
41. Name the continent which is known as Oceania.
Answer: Australia
42. Australia is also known as Island Continent why?
Answer: As it is surrounded by Ocean it is called an island continent.
43. Name the animals found in Australia:
Answer:
• Platypus (the egg-laying mammal)
• Kangaru (the animal with pouch)
• Dingo (belonging to the dog family)
44. What are the islands?
Answer: Islands refer to land that is completely surrounded by water. Greenland, located to the north of the Atlantic Ocean, is the world’s largest island.
45. An important minerals found in Australia:
Answer: Gold iron ore and Uranium
46. World's largest island
Answer: Greenland
47. Which is the largest producer of paddy in the world?
Answer: Asia
48. Which continents are named after a particular country?
Answer: Australia
49. Which is the smallest continent?
Answer: Australia
50. What is Ocean?
Answer: The vast water bodies found between continents is called the oceans.
51. What is Seas?
Answer: Seas are the parts of oceans partially surrounded by land.
52. What is the World Ocean?
Answer: Oceans are interconnected. These interconnected oceans are together known as the World Ocean
53. Write the names of the important oceans.
Answer:
• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Antarctic Ocean
54. What are the features of the Pacific Ocean?
Answer:
• The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.
• It has the largest number of islands.
•' The Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean is the world’s deepest point.
• The Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest fishing ground
• The Pacific Ocean is rich in minerals.
55. In which ocean is the Challenger deep situated?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
56. What are the features of the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer:
• The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean.
• 'The Grand Banks' which is an important fishing ground is in this ocean.
• The northern part of this ocean is the world's busiest ocean route.
57. What is the second largest ocean?
Answer: The Atlantic Ocean
58. Which is the busiest ocean route?
Answer: Northern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
59. The Grand bank situated in which ocean?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
60. The continents bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Answer: North America, South America, Europe and Africa
61. Deepest part in the Atlantic Ocean
Answer: Puerto Rico Trench
62. What are the features of the Indian Ocean?
Answer:
• Third in size
• This ocean has the distinction of being an ocean named after a country.
• The Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are parts of the Indian Ocean
63. What is the third-largest ocean?
Answer: The Indian Ocean
64. Name the continents bordering the Indian Ocean:
Answer:
• Africa
• Australia
• Asia
65. The ocean where we can see coral reefs:
Answer: Indian Ocean
66. What are coral reefs?
Answer: The coral reefs are an important feature of the Indian Ocean. Corals are formed by the accumulation of calcium compounds secreted by tiny marine organisms called coral polyps found in tropical oceans, Lakshadweep islands are formed of these accumulated coral polyps.
67. What are the features of the Antarctic Ocean?
Answer:
• The ocean bordering Antarctica is known as the Antarctic Ocean.
• Since the region experiences severe cold, the surface of this ocean is almost entirely frozen.
• It is believed that the ocean bed is rich in minerals.
• Many varieties of fish are also present in this ocean.
68. What is the name of the ocean bordering Antarctica?
Answer: Antarctic ocean
69. Name the ocean whose surface is completely frozen:
Answer: Antarctic Ocean
70. Features of Arctic Ocean
Answer: The ocean that encircles the North Pole is the Arctic Ocean. It
remains frozen for over six months a year.
71. Which is' the’ ocean that encircles the north pole?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
72. Like the continents, oceans also play an important role in sustaining life on the Earth. Evaluate?
Answer: Man depends on the earth’s landmasses for basic needs like water, food, shelter and clothing. Like the continents, the oceans also play an important role in making life on earth possible. We utilise oceans directly or indirectly for various purposes such as fishing, minerals, exploration, transport and recreation.
73. It is the duty of every individual to preserve the resources and diversities on Earth. Why?
Answer: It is the duty of every individual to preserve the resources on land and in water for future generations.
74. Olympics flags contain 5 rings. Those rings represent 5 continents.
Answer:
• Asia (yellow)
• Europe (blue)
• Africa (black)
• America (red)
• Australia (green)
Let us assess
1. Identify the continents from the clues given and name the oceans surrounding them.
a) The world’s largest desert is in this continent.
Answer: Africa - Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Antarctic Ocean
b) This continent is called the Island Continent.
Answer: Australia - Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Antarctic Ocean
2. Asia is a continent of diversities. Elucidate.
Answer: Asia 1s a continent marked by diverse geographical characteristics. It is the world's most populated continent. The continent has regions that enjoy diverse climatic features like heavy rainfall, low rainfall, snowfall, extreme heat, moderate heat and cold. Thus Asia is a continent of diversities.
3. Arrange the continents in the order of size.
Answer:
• Asia
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Antarctica
• Europe
• Australia
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