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B. Name the continent where you can find each of the following landforms.

1. River Amazon ______________________
2. Grand Canyon ______________________
3. Great Barrier Reef ______________________

4. Thick Ice Sheet ______________________
5. Alps Mountains ______________________

C. Fill in the blanks.
1. The total landmass on the earth is formed of _____________ continents of various sizes.
2. The earth is around _______________ percent water and _______________ percent land.

3. _______________ comprises 54 countries.
4. _______________ borders the Pacific and is a region of highlands and islands.

5. Many mountain ranges of the world, even near the equator, are covered with
_______________.

6. A smaller tract of land completely surrounded by water is called an _______________ .
7. The steep slope that separated the continent from the ocean floor is known as ____
___________.
D. Answer the following questions.

1. Name the first two largest continents of the world.
2. Name the smallest ocean.
3. What is known as Eurasia?

4. Where is the Suez Canal built?
5. What is an Isthmus?
6. State the location of the world’s largest desert Sahara.

7. Describe the chief relief features of the Asian continent.
8. Distinguish between fresh water lake and cold water lake and give examples.

9. Name the chief mountain ranges, their direction and the continent where they are
found.

H TS Question
H TS Question

What do you mean by submarine relief?

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A. Make models of mountains, plateaus and plains.

B. Sketch and colour major landforms and write their chief characteristics and label the parts.

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