Question

Arrange the continents in order of size.

• A. Asia
• B. Africa
• C. North America
• D. South America
• E. Europe

Answer 1

• Asia is the largest continent, and It covers about one-third of the total land area of the earth (44,579,000 sq km).
• Africa is the second-largest continent after Asia (30,221,532 sq km).
• North America is the third largest continent in the world (24,709,000 sq km) and South America is the fourth largest continent in the world (17,840,000 sq km).
• Europe is much smaller than Asia (10,180,000 sq km) and Australia is the smallest continent (8,525,989 sq km).