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Essential Element # 2: Place What is it like?

Place: What is it like?

Place:

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Place:

Each PLACE on Earth has it own:

DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS

Two types:

Human

Or

Physical

(something that makes it different than any other place in the world)

Place:

• Physical Features:• The Earth is covered in 30 % land• All landforms are described by

their elevation• Elevation is the height above sea

level

Element #2: Places and Regions

• Use p. GH15-16 in the Journey Across Time books to help label some common landforms.

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Place:

• Physical Features:• Another physical feature is also an areas

climate.

• There are 3 major climate regions.•Tropical (Red)•Temperate (Mid-Latitude) (Green)•Polar (Blue)

Place:

All climate regions are affected by:1. Sun

2. Water

3. Wind

Human Characteristics• Also called…

– Cultural characteristics

• Is…– The human imprint on the physical

environment• Includes…

– People and the plants they grow – the animals they care for (pets)– the structures they build

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Human/Cultural Characteristics• Things that people create/do/make• Includes

– language – religion– political systems– economic systems– population distribution – quality of life

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Tropical: (Red)

• Everything between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

Temperate (Mid-Latitude):

• Between the Tropics and the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle

Temperate (Mid-latitude):

• Moderate temperature with distinct seasons

• Cold in the winter• Warm in the summer

• WHERE WE LIVE!!

Temperate:

Polar:• Everything North of the Arctic Circle

& Everything South of the Antarctic Circle

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• What is the difference between

Location & Place?

What is the difference between Location & Place?

Location: 5* S , 68 * W

What is the difference between Location & Place?

Place: Describe

Place & Music

• Place and Music a great combination

Theme # 3: Region• What does it have in common?

Is Tamanend in the Milkyway Galaxy?

YES!!!

Big

• BigSmallest

Region:

• A region describes:• Areas that have something in

common

• Regions can be:

BIGor

small

Region:

• As you can see. . .• One area may be in SEVERAL

REGIONS depending on the CHARACTERISTICS that define the

region.• Example: City, State, Country, Continent

Dear Gary,

Wow, Bikini Bottom is a really neat place! For a little getaway

in the Atlantic Ocean, it has some of the nicest beaches and

most picturesque landscapes. The sheltered harbors and sweeping sounds serve as a natural refuge for tropical fish and the playful bottlenose dolphins.

Culturally, Bikini Bottom is home to people of British and Caribbean descent who call this island home. The sounds of steel drums that people play can be heard filling the city streets at night as can the smell of delectable spices from the local restaurants with their chatty waitresses. It is truly a place like no other. Be sure to tell Patrick and Sandy I said hello. See you soon!

Sincerely,

S. Squarepants

Gary

1234 Pineapple Rd

Under The Sea, PA 16802