Understanding the WORLD
Introduction to Earth
• The Earth has 70% of Water and 30% of land.
• The land is further divided into seven continents.
Ocean
Surface AreaOf all
oceansmi2 km2
Pacific 60,060,000 155,557,000 46.3%
Atlantic 29,637,000 76,762,000 22.8%
Indian 26,469,000 68,556,000 20.4%
Southern 7,848,000 20,327,000 6.1%
Arctic 5,427,000 14,056,000 4.2%