Educational worksheet featuring true/false questions, a fill-in-the-blank paragraph, and a labeled world map.

Here are the answers to your homework questions.

Part 5: True or False

5.1. The Earth orbits the Moon.
* Answer: False
* *Reasoning:* The Moon orbits the Earth. The Earth orbits the Sun.

5.2. The Sun is the Earth's nearest star.
* Answer: True
* *Reasoning:* The Sun is a star, and it is much closer to us than any other star in the galaxy.

5.3. Planet Earth is mostly water.
* Answer: True
* *Reasoning:* About 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water.

5.4. The atmosphere is the layer of air around the Earth.
* Answer: True
* *Reasoning:* The atmosphere is the blanket of gases (air) that surrounds our planet.

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Complete the following paragraph

More than 70% (or three-quarters) of the earth's surface is covered by water. Most of the water is salty ocean water. Large surfaces of water are called oceans. Smaller parts of the oceans are called seas.

*(Note: Depending on exactly what you learned in class, "70%" might also be written as "71%" or "three-quarters". "Salty ocean water" can sometimes just be "salt water".)*

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Look at the following map and fill in the labels

Here are the names for the numbered continents and the blank boxes for the oceans:

Continents (Numbers):
1. Asia (The large red landmass)
2. Australia (The purple island continent)
3. Africa (The yellow landmass in the middle)
4. Europe (The small landmass attached to Asia, colored dark red/brown)
5. North America (The green landmass in the top left)
6. South America (The green landmass in the bottom left)
7. Antarctica (The blue landmass at the very bottom)

Oceans (Blank Boxes):
* Box between North/South America and Europe/Africa: Atlantic Ocean
* Box to the left of South America / right of Africa: This is actually part of the Atlantic, but usually, the box on the far left represents the Pacific Ocean (specifically the South Pacific).
* Box to the right of Africa / left of Australia: Indian Ocean
* Box to the right of Asia / left of North America: Pacific Ocean
* Box at the very bottom surrounding Antarctica: Southern Ocean (or Antarctic Ocean)

*Let's match the specific empty boxes in the image layout:*
1. Leftmost box (West of South America): Pacific Ocean
2. Middle-left box (Between Americas and Africa/Europe): Atlantic Ocean
3. Middle-right box (Between Africa and Australia): Indian Ocean
4. Rightmost box (East of Asia/Australia): Pacific Ocean
5. Bottom box (Above Antarctica): Southern Ocean

Final Answer:
5. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false.
5.1. False
5.2. True
5.3. True
5.4. True

Complete the following paragraph:
More than 70% (or three-quarters) of the earth's surface is covered by water. Most of the water is salty ocean water (or salt water). Large surfaces of water are called oceans. Smaller parts of the oceans are called seas.

Look at the following map and fill in the labels:
Continents:
1. Asia
2. Australia
3. Africa
4. Europe
5. North America
6. South America
7. Antarctica

Oceans (filling in the blank rectangles from left to right):
* Left rectangle: Pacific Ocean
* Middle-left rectangle: Atlantic Ocean
* Middle-right rectangle: Indian Ocean
* Right rectangle: Pacific Ocean
* Bottom rectangle: Southern Ocean