hi my name is Kaeleigh and welcome to the world our world is a fascinating place
in this video you'll learn the seven continents and the major oceans in the
world you'll also learn facts about how the world is divided and how to tell the
direction from anywhere on the planet let's go explore this wonderful world
the world is our beautiful planet Earth when we talk about the world we were
talking about the people plants and animals that all live here we're also
talking about the land and the bodies of water because it is so big the world has
been divided or separated into seven geographic regions called continents
which makes it easier to talk about the countries within them continents are
large areas of land that include many countries within them the seven contents
are North America South America Africa Europe Asia which is the largest
continent Oceania and Antarctica to learn more about each
of these continents be sure to watch our world trip videos almost 3/4 of the
Earth's surface is covered by oceans and seas an ocean is a large body of salt
water and a sea is smaller than the ocean most of the oceans and seas are
connected to each other there are five oceans in the world
the Arctic Ocean which is the smallest ocean the Atlantic Ocean the Indian
Ocean the Pacific Ocean which is the largest and the southern ocean to talk
about the location of continents countries and oceans in our world we can
use the four points of a compass north south east and west a compass is a tool
that tells the direction of things like where your home is found in our world
our world is further divided into four main sections called hemispheres the
equator is an imaginary horizontal line around the center of the earth it
divides the earth into the northern and the southern hemispheres all continents
countries and oceans found above the equator are considered to be in the
northern hemisphere and continents countries and oceans located below the
equator are considered to be in the southern hemisphere North America is
located in the northern hemisphere the vertical imaginary line through the
center of the earth is called the Prime Meridian and it divides
the world into the eastern and western hemispheres you can guess where the
continents and countries to the west of the Prime Meridian are located yes in
the Western Hemisphere so that means that continents and countries located to
the east of the Prime Meridian are in the eastern hemisphere super the USA in
Canada are located in the western hemisphere actually we say they're in
the northwest hemisphere because they're in both hemispheres cool huh hemisphere
lines might be invisible on earth but they are actually drawn on maps
now the equator and the Prime Meridian aren't just randomly placed around the
earth scientists who study the earth are geographers agreed many many many years
ago on a system of more imaginary lines that run up and down or north to south
along the prime meridian and they agreed upon a system of lines that ran east and
west across the earth in the same direction as the equator these lines are
called lines of latitude and longitude and they are measured in degrees the
prime meridian is considered to be at zero degrees longitude around the
opposite side of the prime meridian the longitude is a hundred and eighty
degrees longitude then all of that space is filled in with more lines of
longitude called meridians each line equals one degree with each of the
degrees going around the world from 0 to 360 can you guess why that's right it's
because the distance around the earths measure is exactly 360 degrees a full
circle hey you just noticed what scientists discovered years ago the
earth is round cool the same is true for lines of
latitude earth equator horizontally runs from east to west around the earth it
measures 0 degrees latitude each of the imaginary lines going around the earth
in the same direction as you is called a parallel because they're
parallel to the equator and each of those parallel measures one degree until
360 degrees these lines of longitude and latitude create a neat grid around the
world where the lines meet is a point called a coordinate now coordinate tells
you the exact spot in the world where you are located right now you can learn
more about our world and a special book called an atlas where you can find many
beautifully illustrated maps you can also find online atlases and apps for
kids so you can learn on the go speaking of learning on the go be sure to watch
our videos that teach about our world and then practice what you learned on
our fun online games and quizzes remember keep traveling and always be
clever