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Non-Fiction Graded Readers
Titles in Level 7
What Do Clothes Cost?
Energy from the Sun
From Plan to Building
Tell Me about the Continents
The Life Cycle of a Frog
How Do Plants Grow?
The Moon
What Does the Referee Do?
Games around the World
Caves
Tell Me about
the Continents
Tell Me about the Continents
Written by Margaret MacDonald
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ISBN: 978-1-4586-4267-7
Word Count
High-Frequency
Words
293
all, but, from, get, has, have, little, no,
not, of, people, some, that, there, two,
very
Vocabulary Words China, ice, North America, parts,
Shanghai, South America
Tell Me about
the Continents
Picture Dictionary
Africa
Earth is divided into continents.
Continents are big areas
of land on Earth.
Europe
Antarctica
North America
Asia
Australia
2
South America
3
There are seven continents
on Earth.
Look at the map.
Which continents
are joined together?
Which continents stand alone?
Australia and Antarctica
are the only continents
that stand alone.
All the other continents
are joined to another continent.
The continent of Asia
is joined to two other continents.
It is joined to Europe and Africa.
Continents on Earth
North
America
Equator
Europe
Asia
Africa
South
America
Australia
Antarctica
4
5
Continents
Asia
Continent Size
Continents are different sizes.
Asia is the biggest continent.
It has the biggest area of land.
Australia is the smallest continent.
It has the smallest area of land.
Percent of Earth
30%
Africa
20.3%
North America
16.3%
South America
12%
Antarctica
8.9%
Europe
6.7%
Australia
5.1%
*
* Land not part of continents .7%
6
7
Countries on Continents
60
50
40
48
46
30
20
1
0
Antarctica
South
America
North
America
Europe
Asia
13
Australia
23
10
0
8
53
Africa
Continents have countries on them.
The continent of Africa has 53
countries on it.
Africa has more countries than any
other continent.
The Pacific Islands, including Papua
New Guinea and New Zealand,
are not part of any continent.
Number of Countries
Continents and Countries
The continent of Antarctica
has no countries on it.
Many countries
have science stations on Antarctica,
but no country owns the land.
9
Continents and People
Different groups of people
live on continents.
They live in different countries
on the continents.
People living in different countries
speak different languages.
Some continents have more people
than other continents.
The continent of Asia
has more people
than any other continent.
10
These people are in Shanghai,
China. China is a country in Asia.
11
Continents and Climate
The continents have many climates.
The countries on a continent
that are near the Equator
have a hot climate all year round.
The countries on a continent
that are far from the Equator
have a cold climate all year round.
Some parts of continents
get a lot of rain.
Some parts of continents
get little rain.
12
Parts of Australia are hot and dry.
13
Antarctica is always
covered in ice.
Most continents
have cold weather in winter
and hot weather in summer.
Antarctica is a very cold continent.
It is covered in ice and snow
in winter and in summer.
Antarctica is the coldest
and windiest continent on Earth.
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Activity Page
Copy and complete.
The largest continent is ___________.
The smallest continent is ___________.
The coldest continent is ___________.
The continent with the most countries is
________________.
Do you know
the dictionary words?
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