Bizzare Facts!!! (Cont..)

Nyandaigobeko said:
Not really, what about South America and North America?!
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There are numerous ways of distinguishing the continents:
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Color-coded map showing the various continents. Similar shades exhibit areas that may be consolidated or subdivided.[/TD]
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[TD]7 continents
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[TD] North America[/TD]
[TD] South America[/TD]
[TD] Antarctica[/TD]
[TD] Africa[/TD]
[TD] Europe[/TD]
[TD] Asia[/TD]
[TD] Australia[/TD]
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[TD]6 continents
[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][19][/SUP][/TD]
[TD] North America[/TD]
[TD] South America[/TD]
[TD] Antarctica[/TD]
[TD] Africa[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"] Eurasia[/TD]
[TD] Australia[/TD]
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[TD]6 continents[SUP][20][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD] Antarctica[/TD]
[TD] Africa[/TD]
[TD] Europe[/TD]
[TD] Asia[/TD]
[TD] Australia[/TD]
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[TD]5 continents
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[TD] Antarctica[/TD]
[TD] Africa[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"] Eurasia[/TD]
[TD] Australia[/TD]
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[TD]4 continents[SUP][dubious – discuss][/SUP][/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"] Afro-Eurasia[/TD]
[TD] Australia[/TD]
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The seven-continent model is usually taught in China and most English-speaking countries. The six-continent combined-Eurasia model is sometimes preferred in the former states of theUSSR[SUP][citation needed][/SUP] and Japan[SUP][citation needed][/SUP]. The six-continent combined-America model is sometimes taught in Latin America[SUP][citation needed][/SUP] and in some parts of Europe including Greece (equivalent 5 inhabited continents model (i.e. excluding Antarctica) still also found in texts) [SUP][20][/SUP], Portugal[SUP][citation needed][/SUP] and Spain[SUP][citation needed][/SUP]. Using this latter model as a starting point, the Olympics use only inhabited continents (excluding Antarctica) and thus a five-continent model[SUP][21][/SUP][SUP][22][/SUP] as depicted in the Olympic logo.[SUP][23][/SUP]
The terms Oceania or Australasia are sometimes substituted for Australia to denote a continent encompassing the Australian mainland and various islands of the Pacific Ocean not part of other continents. For example, the Atlas of Canada names Oceania,[SUP][14][/SUP] as does the model taught in Italy, Greece[SUP][20][/SUP] and in Latin America and Iberia.
 
zomba said:
Your geography is very poor. America is the continent.
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Actually he is right if you name 7 continents north and south america are two different continents lakini kuna sehemu za dunia wanacombine north and south na kubaki na 6 continents
 
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The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth.
Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped.
On average, people move house every 7 years.
Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots

See: http://didyouknow.org/fastfacts/
 
How Many Continents Are there In The World?

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5 continents
We have been taught in school (way back in the 60's) that there are five continents, Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe, for instance symbolised in the five rings of the Olympic Games.

6 continents
However, there is no standard definition for the number of continents. In Europe, many students are taught about six continents, where North and South America is combined to form a single America.
These six continents are Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, and Europe.

7 continents
By most standards, there are a maximum of seven continents - Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America. Many geographers and scientists now refer to six continents, where Europe and Asia are combined (because they're one solid landmass).
These six continents are then Africa, Antarctica, Australia/Oceania, Eurasia, North America, and South America.

Oceania a continent?
Actually, by the definition of a continent as a large continuous area of land, the Pacific Islands of Oceania aren't a continent, but one could say they belong to a continent, e.g. Oceania is sometimes associated with the continent of Australia.
 
The Roots of The Continents Name.

Continents
From Latin "continere" for "to hold together", terra continens, the "continuous land".

Africa
A Roman term Africa terra "African land", the land of Africus, the northern part of Africa, a part of the Roman Empire. The Roman name has possibly its roots in the Phoenician term Afryqah, meaning "colony", as translitered into Roman Latin.

America
The name America was first used in 1507 by the Cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in its treatise "Cosmographiae Introductio" to name the New World, after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navigator who made two (or four) trips to America with Spanish and Portuguese expeditions, it was Vespucci who first recognized that America was a new continent, and not part of Asia.

Asia
Latin and Greek origin - the "Eastern Land", it is speculated to be from the word asu "to go out, to rise," in reference to the sun, thus "the land of the sunrise."

Australia
Latin - Terra Australis incognita the "Unknown Southern Land", an imaginary, hypothetical continent, a large landmass in the south of the Indian Ocean, the supposed counterpart of the Northern Hemisphere.

Europe
Latin and Greek origin. Europa, Europe, often explained as "broad face," from eurys "wide" and ops "face." Some suggests a possible semantic origin by the Sumerian term erebu with the meaning of "darkness" and "to go down, set" (in reference to the sun) which would parallel Orient.

Oceania
From the French Term Océanie, the southern Pacific Islands and Australia, conceived as a continent".

Antarctic
Old French: antartique, in Modern Latin: antarcticus, in Greek: antarktikos, from anti: "opposite" + arktikos: "of the north".
 
Asanteni wote.
Shule nilikosoma walituambia Oceania ni continent na nikaamini hivo. leo nagundua it is just a school of thought. walisema pia solar system ina sayari 9, school of thought... thank you all, nimeelimika
 
RussianRoulette said:
Asanteni wote.
Shule nilikosoma walituambia Oceania ni continent na nikaamini hivo. leo nagundua it is just a school of thought. walisema pia solar system ina sayari 9, school of thought... thank you all, nimeelimika
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The Planets

Mercury

Mercury is the smallest and closest planet to the Sun. Mercury has no moons and has no special features other than impact craters and lobed ridges. Mercury’s thin atmosphere consists of particles blasted off by the solar wind from the Sun. It has a large iron core and a thin mantle layer, possibly due to constant impacts which prevent its layers from developing over time.


Venus

The second planet is slightly smaller than Earth. It has a dense atmosphere and an iron core. It is the hottest planet with blistering surface temperatures (over 400 degrees Celsius). Venus’ atmosphere is very toxic due to clouds of sulfuric acid. The planet may have had water at one point of time, but these have evaporated over time due to the extreme heat. Volcanic activity have been observed on Venus’ surfaces, though there have been no signs of lava flow.


Earth

Earth is the largest of the inner planets. It is one of the few, if not only, places in the universe where life exists. It has one moon, the Moon. Earth core is very active, and it is the only planet with tectonic plates. Earth’s biosphere has long since altered its atmosphere, creating more oxygen as well as an ozone layer to block harmful radiation from its surfaces.


Mars

This is the second largest planet and the fourth from the Sun. Mars has a carbon dioxide atmosphere. It has two moons: Deimos and Phobos. These are said to be captured asteroids. Its reddish color is due to the large amounts of iron-oxide on its surface. Its atmosphere is very thin and its surface is ridden with impact craters, like that of the Moon’s.


Jupiter

Jupiter is the size of 318 Earth masses. It is the largest planet in the Solar System with 2.5 the mass of all the other planets combined. It is composed of mostly hydrogen and helium. Jupiter has 63 known satellites. Jupiter has a rapid rotation which has caused it bulge slightly around its equator. The atmosphere of Jupiter creates lots of storms on its surface, the prominent result of which is the Great Red Spot, which is actually a continuous storm which has endured since the 17th century (when it was first observed by telescope).


Saturn

This planet is just beyond Jupiter and is known for its large ring, which actually consists of 9 bands of rings. Saturn is about 60% the volume of Jupiter and has the lowest density of all the planets. It has 62 satellites, including Titan and Enceladus. Saturn’s core consists of iron, nickel, silicon, and oxygen compounds, all surrounded by a thick layer of metallic hydrogen. The planetary magnetic field on Saturn has contributed to an electric current through the metallic hydrogen layer.


Uranus

Uranus is unique in that it orbits the sun on its side because of its axial tilt. Uranus has 27 known moons, including Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel, and Miranda. While Uranus is similar to Jupiter and Saturn in that its atmosphere contains hydrogen and helium, it also contains copious amounts of iced water, ammonia, and methane. Furthermore, it has the coldest atmosphere in the Solar System at -224 deg C. Uranus and Neptune are also termed “ice giants.”


Neptune

Neptune is smaller than Uranus but is denser. Neptune has 13 known satellites, including Triton. Neptune’s surface gravity is only surpassed by Jupiter, and the two are the only planets with surface gravities greater than Earth’s. Neptune contains iced compounds like those of Saturn’s as well as greater concentrations of volatile elements found on Jupiter and Saturn.


Pluto

Pluto used to be considered a planet in the sense that the Mercury or Jupiter is. However, it is now considered a dwarf planet because it lacks characteristics that define the planets in the Solar System.


Source: planet-facts
 
Some People say There are 20 planets in our solar system

  1. Murcury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars
  5. Ceres
  6. Jupiter
  7. Saturn
  8. Neptune
  9. Pluto
  10. 2003 UB313
  11. Nibiru
  12. Xena
  13. Makemake
  14. 2003EL61
  15. Quaoar
  16. Sedna
  17. Eris
  18. 2005 FY9
  19. Varuna

Source: wiki.answers:How_many_planets
 
According to current definitions, there are eight planets in the Solar System:

Inner planets

  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars

Outer planets

  1. Jupiter
  2. Saturn
  3. Uranus
  4. Neptune

Dwarf planets

The Solar System also contains five identified dwarf planets, which are not considered planets:

  1. Ceres
  2. Pluto
  3. Makemake
  4. Haumea
  5. Eris
 
> It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
> Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
> Children grow faster in spring time.
> Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
> Only eyes are the same size from birth.
> Ears and nose never stop growing.
 
actually that's just a myth,and it was busted. It is possible 2 do so without ur eyes popin out
 
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