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Geography Where is your town? Where is your town? Weather? Weather? How your surroundings and weather affect you? How your surroundings and weather affect you?
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Take Out:Take Out: Planner – please write in tonight’s Planner – please write in tonight’s homework nowhomework now
textbook page 8textbook page 8 World Geography worksheet from FridayWorld Geography worksheet from Friday
Vocabulary wordsVocabulary words GeographyGeography
ContinentContinent
LandformLandform
ClimateClimate
vegetationvegetation
The study of earth and its peopleThe study of earth and its people
One of the seven large landmasses One of the seven large landmasses that make up the earththat make up the earthA naturally formed feature on the A naturally formed feature on the earth’s surfaceearth’s surface
Describes the weather conditions in Describes the weather conditions in a placea place
The plant life that grows in a locationThe plant life that grows in a location
GeographyGeography Where is your town? Where is your town? Weather? Weather? How your surroundings and weather How your surroundings and weather
affect you?affect you?
CultureCulture Way of life that people shareWay of life that people share Arts, entertainment, language, Arts, entertainment, language,
religionreligion
Chapter 1, lesson 1Chapter 1, lesson 1
What do What do geographers study?geographers study?
How does How does environment affect environment affect people?people?
The Earth and its peopleThe Earth and its people
It affects where they live, It affects where they live, what they wear, what they what they wear, what they grow and eatgrow and eat
ContinentContinent
One of several One of several largelarge landmasses on earthlandmasses on earth
North North AmericaAmerica
South South AmericaAmerica
AfricaAfrica
AntarcticAntarcticaa
EuropeEuropeAsiaAsia
AustraliAustraliaa
Long
itud
eLo
ngit
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LatitudeLatitude
Prim
e Pr
ime
Mer
idia
nM
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ian
EquatorEquator
Landforms…Landforms… Can you name one landform????Can you name one landform????
ArchipelagoArchipelago Chain or cluster of islandsChain or cluster of islands
AtollAtoll
Coral reef island Coral reef island shaped in an oval or shaped in an oval or a complete circle a complete circle with a lagoon in the with a lagoon in the middle middle
BayBay
A body of A body of waterwater surrounded by land surrounded by land on 3 sides on 3 sides
ButteButte
An isolated hill with An isolated hill with steep sides steep sides
CapeCape
A pointed piece of land A pointed piece of land that sticks out into an that sticks out into an ocean, sea, or large body ocean, sea, or large body of water of water
DeltaDelta
A low, watery land A low, watery land formed at the mouth of a formed at the mouth of a river river
FjordFjord
A long, narrow inlet with A long, narrow inlet with steep sides; usually carved out steep sides; usually carved out by a glacierby a glacier
GeyserGeyser
A hot spring characterized by A hot spring characterized by a jet of water ejected out of a jet of water ejected out of the earththe earth
GlacierGlacier
A large, slow moving river of A large, slow moving river of ice!ice!
TundraTundra
An area where tree growth is An area where tree growth is hindered by a short growing hindered by a short growing season….very cold!season….very cold!
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