Reading Comprehension and Skills Booklet -Grade 2

Name Reading about Social Studies

Continents

Earth has seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, South

America, and North America. All of these continents used to make up one big

continent, but over thousands of years the land split. Huge pieces of land drifted

apart. The oceans filled in the spaces between the pieces of land. The continents

we know today were the result. Each continent looks different and has different

plants, animals, and weather than the others. North America does not have tigers,

but Asia does. Antarctica does not have a jungle, but South America does. The

continents do have similarities too. Some of these similarities seem to be because

the seven continents used to be one big piece of land.

1. What is the main idea of this story?
   a. Earth is made of land and water.
   b. Earth has seven continents, which used to be one piece of land.
   c. Earth has many types of animals, plants, and weather.


2. List the seven continents.


3. How long did it take for the continents to form?


4. How are the continents different?


5. Which type of land can you find in South America?


6. Why might continents with an ocean between them have similarities?

Read the story. Then, answer the questions.