NCERT Book Class 6 Social Science (Exploring Society India and Beyond) Chapter 2 Oceans and Continents

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CHAPTER
Oceans and Continents

The ocean is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the
terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an
immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life
stirring all around. ... The ocean is the vast reservoir of
Nature. The globe began with the ocean, so to speak, and
who knows if it will not end with it. …
— Jules Verne (1870)

The Big
Questions

1. What are oceans
and continents?
What are their
names and their
distribution?
2. In what ways
do oceans and
continents
impact life on
Earth, including
human life?
2 – Oceans and Continents

Fig. 2.1 The Earth seen from space (photograph by the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter). The view is centred on the Indian
Ocean, with Africa to the left, India and part of Asia at the
top, Australia to the right, and Antarctica at the bottom.
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