My friend and I r dieagreeing with each other. He says there r only six continents, but I say 7. Can u please tell me the real answer and the names of them.
2007-02-12 05:22:36 · 9 answers · asked by saba_1018071 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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The Continents of the World - 7
Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia and Europe are considered to be Continents.
The term continent is used to differentiate between the various large areas of the earth into which the land surface is divided. So, a continent is "a large, continuous area of land on Earth". All continents together constitute less than one-third of the earth's surface, that means more than two-thirds of the earth's surface are covered with water.
Two-thirds of the continental land mass is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
Your friend might think there are six because Asia and Europe are connected as Eurasia. BUT!!!!!!!! They are really two separate continents!
2007-02-12 05:29:45 · answer #1 · answered by VdogNcrck 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have more of a comment than an answer... You said "smallest continent in the world" which sounds like a lot. But when you think about it.. there are only 7 continents lol. So out of the 7 continents (assuming everybody else is correct) Australia would be the smallest. Interesting, just thought I'd point that out. :) Good luck!
2016-05-24 01:15:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
North America
South America
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Europe
2007-02-12 05:30:32 · answer #3 · answered by Saucy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are absolutely right there are 7 continents!! these are;-
Let's name all of the continents.
There are 7 on earth.
There's Europe and
Asia and Australia,
North and South America.
Now don't forget about Africa
And Antarctica, too.
For there's 1...2...3,4,5,6,7 continents!!
2007-02-12 06:18:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seven. Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia.
2007-02-12 05:31:22 · answer #5 · answered by hello world 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Six. Go look at a map. Europe and Asia are not separate. As a continent, they're Eurasia.
2007-02-12 06:21:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Europe, Aisia, Africa, North America, South America, Austrailia, and Antarctica. SEVEN.
2007-02-12 05:31:13 · answer #7 · answered by acesfourpal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
SEVEN!! N. America, S. America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and Antartica.
2007-02-12 05:31:18 · answer #8 · answered by scooter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
as far as I know the traditional university definition is
North America
Central & South america
Africa
Euraisia
Austrailia
Antarctica
i can't vouch for the reality though
2007-02-12 05:30:58 · answer #9 · answered by dharp66 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋