What are continents and oceans? what continents and parts of the world do you know?

What are continents and oceans? what continents and parts of the world do you know? which continents are crossed by the equator?

The continents are the largest parts of the land and are one of the parts of the lithosphere. Initially, there was only one – Pangea. Then there was a split into Gondwana and Laurasia. And then six continents, already known to us, appeared on our planet – North and South America, Eurasia, Antarctica. Six parts of the world are also distinguished – America and Asia. Europe, Africa, Australia and Antarctica. Only two continents are crossed by the equator – this is South America and Africa. The rest are located in the Northern or Southern Hemispheres. The oceans are huge bodies of water and they are connected by straits. There are four oceans on Earth – the Pacific, Indian, Atlantic and Arctic.