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Oceans & seas

Grade 5 · Geography · Free lesson

Hi there! I am Studyfin, your learning buddy. Today we will explore our amazing blue planet!

Earth has seven huge areas of land called continents. It also has five giant bodies of water called oceans.

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Let us look at a globe. You can see how the blue oceans wrap all the way around the continents.

Our Spinning Earth

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean. It is bigger than all of Earth's land put together!

The Vast Pacific Ocean
✏️ Worked example

Let us practice finding the Atlantic Ocean on a map. We will use clues to find it step by step.

  1. First, find the continent of North America on your map.
  2. Next, find the continent of Europe directly to the east.
  3. Look at the large body of water that sits right between them.
  4. Identify this water. You have found the Atlantic Ocean!
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