3 000 km
0
1:183 400 000
N
I N D I A N
O C E A N
P A C I F I C
O C E A N
S O U T H E R N O C E A N
Sea
O C E A N
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian
Sea
Sea
of
Japan
South
China
Sea
Bay
of Bengal
Red Sea
AT L A N T I C
warm currents
cold currents
West winds currents
Benguela
current
Brazil
current
Gulf
current
Canary
current
North
Atlantic current
Indian
Monsoon current
Kurashio
Labrador
current
Agulhas
current
Oyashio
O C E A N
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3. Water on the Earth
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Arctic Ocean
This ocean
borders the coasts of North
America, Europe and Asia around
the North Pole. It is frozen in
winter.
Southern Ocean
This surrounds Antarctica. Like the Arctic
Ocean, its waters are frozen in winter (summer in Spain).
Indian Ocean
Located between Africa and southern Asia
and Oceania, its main seas are the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and
the Bay of Bengal
.
Pacific Ocean
This is the
largest ocean. Its main seas are the
Sea of Japan, the East China Sea,
and the South China Sea.
Atlantic Ocean
This ocean
separates Europe and Africa
from America. Its main seas
are the Caribbean, the Gulf
of Mexico in America, and
the North Sea, the Baltic,
the Cantabrian Sea and the
Mediterranean in Europe. The
Mediterranean is connected to
the Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian,
Aegean and the Black sea
.
OCEANS, SEAS AND OCEAN CURRENTS
Understand
4.
Which oceans are the coldest? Which are found in
only one hemisphere?
5.
Which continents are bordered by the Atlantic Ocean?
And the Pacific Ocean?
6.
Look at the
physical map of Europe
. Which
Mediterranean seas border the Italian coasts?
7.
Look at the ocean currents that flow along the coasts
of South America and southern Africa. What do
they have in common?
8.
What sort of current flows past the Canary Islands?
Analyse
9.
Locate the Atacama Desert and the British Isles
on a map. Find out how ocean currents affect the
climates of these areas.
Create
10.
Read the on the Internet the text
The Oceans
Compact
. Write an essay about the importance
of oceans for life and human survival. Include the
effect of human activity on the oceans and the
solutions proposed to stop their deterioration.
Say which solutions you think are best.
