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Notes - Major Domains of The Earth Class 06 Geography

The document discusses the major domains of Earth - the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. It then provides details about the continents, noting the seven major continents as Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. It specifies that Australia and Antarctica lie entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. The layers of the atmosphere are identified as the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.

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Notes - Major Domains of The Earth Class 06 Geography

The document discusses the major domains of Earth - the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. It then provides details about the continents, noting the seven major continents as Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. It specifies that Australia and Antarctica lie entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. The layers of the atmosphere are identified as the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.

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Earth

Major domains of the


1. Answer the following questions briefly.
the four major domains of the earth?
(a) What are
and
Ans- The four major domains of the Earth are -

Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere


Biosphere.
(b) Name the major continents of the earth.

Ans- There are 7 major continents of the earth. They are:

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

(c) Name the two continents that lie entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
Ans- Two continents that lie entirely in the southern hemisphere are - Australia and Antarctica.
(d) Name the different layers of the
atmosphere.
Ans- The different layers of the atmosphere are

1 Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3 Mesosphere
4. Thermosphere
5. Exosphere
(e) Why is the earth called the 'blue planet'?
Ans-
The earth illed the blue planet, because 71% of the earth is covered with water and the
is c
remaining 29% makes up the land.

(6) Why is the Northern Hemisphere called the Land Hemisphere?


Ans- The northern hemisphere is called land
in it.
hemisphere, because a major part of landmass lies

(g) Why is the


Biosphere important for living organisms?
Ans- The Biosphere is important for
living organisms, because life exists here due to the
presence of 3 major components- land, air and water.

2. Fill in the blanks.

1. The mountain range that separates Europe from Asia is


the Urals.
2 The continent of North America is linked to South
America by an Isthmus.
3. The major constituent of the atmosphere by per cent is Nitrogen.
4. The domain of the earth consisting of solid rocks is
the Lithosphere.
5. Which is the largest continent?-
Asia
6 The deepest point on the earth is Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean
7 The IndianOcean is named after a
country.
8. The Biosphere is a narrow contact zone of land, water and air that
9 The continents of supports life.
Europe and Asia
together are known as Eurasia.
10. The highest mountain peak on the earth is
Mount Everest.

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