Countries of the World Learning Objective: To find out some of the key geographical features of each continent. NEXT www.planbee.com This is Marjory. She LOVES mountain climbing and wants to set herself a new challenge. She wants to climb the Seven Summits. The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each continent of the world! Have a look at the mountains on the next slides. Can you guess which continent each one is in? BACK NEXT www.planbee.com Everest Kilimanjaro Vinson Elbrus McKinley Aconcagua Which continent do each of these mountains belong to? Asia North America Australia Puncak Jaya Europe Antarctica BACK Africa South America NEXT www.planbee.com Asia Africa Antarctica Everest Kilimanjaro Vinson Europe North America South America Elbrus McKinley Aconcagua Australia How many did you get Puncak Jaya right? BACK NEXT www.planbee.com This is Nigel. He is nuts about swimming. He wants to swim in the longest river on each continent. Have a look at the rivers on the next slides. Can you guess which continent each one is in? BACK NEXT www.planbee.com Amazon Nile Yangtze Missouri Volga Murray Which continent do each of these rivers belong to? Asia North America Australia Onyx Antarctica Europe Africa South America BACK NEXT www.planbee.com South America Africa Asia Amazon Nile Yangtze North America Europe Australia Missouri Volga Murray How many did you Antarctica Onyx get right? BACK NEXT www.planbee.com Norman wants to travel to the hottest and coldest countries in the world. Which do you think the Which do you think the hottest country might be? coldest country might be? BACK NEXT www.planbee.com The climate of a country depends on where it in on the globe. Countries near the equator are the hottest. Countries near the North Pole and South Pole are coldest. The countries in between are usually temperate which means they have mild temperatures. North Pole COLD TEMPERATE Equator HOT TEMPERATE South Pole COLD BACK NEXT www.planbee.com This map shows the different climate zones of the world in more detail... Freezing all year - arctic Very hot and dry - desert Warm summers but severe winters Very hot and humid - tropical Mild temperatures BACK NEXT www.planbee.com Now that you know about climate zones, have another guess about which country is hottest and coldest on average throughout the year. BACK NEXT www.planbee.com The hottest country in the world is Libya. The highest recorded temperature was 58oC! Libya BACK NEXT www.planbee.com The coldest country in the world is Russia. The lowest recorded temperature is -89oC! Russia Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth but it is not a country. BACK NEXT www.planbee.com Can you think of any other challenges you could set some explorers that would take them around the 7 continents of the world? Think, pair, share your ideas. BACK www.planbee.com.