Mr and Mrs Smith's Life Science

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                                       Complete all directions.   Use Map of World

Label the 7 continents.
1. North America
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Europe
5. Asia
6. Australia
7. Antarctica

Label the Oceans
8. Atlantic Ocean
9. Pacific Ocean
10. Arctic Ocean
11. Indian Ocean
Label these Seas
12. Caribbean Sea
13. Coral Sea
14. Arabian Sea
15. South China Sea
16. Arafura Sea
Follow these steps
17. The equator is an imaginary line that circles the middle of the Earth at 0°.
Color it RED.
18. Label the Equator.
19. The Tropic of Cancer is a dotted line at 23.5° north. Color it BLUE.
20. The Tropic of Capricorn is a dotted line at 23.5° south. Color it YELLOW.
21. Label the Tropic of Cancer
22. Label the Tropic of Capricorn.

 

 

 

Locate these areas of the world that have coral reefs
23. 20°S  148°E    Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef on Earth. 1200 miles long. 
Mark with a GREEN X
24. 22°N  71°W    Caicos Island in the West Indies.  Mark with a PURPLE X
25. 16° N  89°W   The largest reef in the Caribbean is the barrier reef off Belize.
Mark it with an ORANGE star.
26. 22°N  155°W   Somewhere in the Pacific   Mark it with a BROWN H.
27. 10°S  40°W      Off the coast of Africa  Mark it with a RED X
28. 15°S  175°W     American Samoa   Mark it with a BLUE star
29. Look at your map and describe where coral reefs are found on the Planet Earth.
Write your answer on the back of your map.
30. BONUS ???? What is the Longitude and Latitude of East Moline, IL.
Write on back of map.