Landscapes by https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes Oxford Chapter 2.1 en-us 2022-02-08 06:48:32 UTC 2022-02-09 06:58:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f333.png Miss Parmar's instructions steph_parmar https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034804281 In your groups, you are to create a post for an allocated landscape. Using Chapter 2.1 of your textbook, you need to include the following information:
  •  Definition 
  • How is this landscape created? 
  • What landforms does it have?
  • Definitions of key words
  •  Example in the world
  • Photo of your landscape

]]> 2022-02-08 06:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034804281 Mountains hallisl https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034806844 Definition:
A Mountain is an elevated landscape that goes above the landscape around it.

How Are Mountains Created:
  • Where the surface of the Earth has been pushed upwards.
  • Big forces in the Earth can crumple the surface into Mountain Chains.

What Landforms Does It Have:
  • Mountain
  • River
  • Hills
  • Plains
  • Waterfall
  • Volcano
  • Glacier

Examples In The World:
  • Mt. Everest (Asia (8848 m))
  • Mt. Kenya (Africa (5201 m))
  • Mt. Fuji (Asia (3776 m))
  • Rangitoto Volcano (New Zealand (260 m))
  • Mt. McKinley (North America (6194 m))

Glossary:
Elevate - Bring to higher position (lift).
Volcano - An opening in the Earth's crust through lava, gases etc, been expelled.
]]> 2022-02-08 06:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034806844 Arid deepudaw https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034810044 Definition:
A desert is defined as an area of land which receives no more than 250 millimetres of rain per year.
How is this landscape created?
  • Lack of rain
  • Little vegetation
What land forms does it have?
  • Sand dunes
  • Rock
  • Gravel
Definitions of key words:
  • Hot desert: A desert with a high temperature and low precipitation.
  • Cold desert: Extremely cold Winters with more precipitation.
  • Vegetation: Plant life
  • Uninhabitable: Unsuitable for living in.
Examples in the world:
  • Hot deserts: Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Sahara desert.
  • Cold deserts: Arctic and Antarctic deserts.
  • Death Valley (across parts of Nevada and California)
  • Wadi Rum (country of Jordan).
  • Erg Chebbi (Morocco)

]]> 2022-02-08 07:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034810044 Human Landscape chongsop https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034810279 Definition- Human Landscape shows evidence of human settlement such as buildings and infrastructure.

How Human landscapes were created
  • The human landscapes were cleared and modified by people. 
  • Sometimes also referred to as cultural landscapes. 

Landforms
  • harbours
  • mountains

Key Words
  • Infrastructure - basic constructions, roads, sewers, paths.
  • Settlement - colonisation of a region 
  • Telecommunication - communication over distance by cable, telephone, broadcast. 
  • Transport - take/carry people and goods to a different place.
  • Energy- the means of doing work by utilising matter or radiation.
  • Sewerage - a system of drainage by sewers.

Example in the World
  • New York City
  • Tokyo City
  • Osaka, Japan
  • Morocco
]]> 2022-02-08 07:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034810279 Coastal popeche https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034810834 Definition
The coast is where the land meets the sea. coastal landscapes are shaped by the natural forces of the wind and waves.
How is the coastal created?
The forces of the water wear away or build up the natural environment, constantly  changing its shape
What landforms does the coastal have?
  • headlands
  • cliffs
  • bays
  • spits
  • salt marshes
  • beaches
  • lagoons
Key Words
Geographers- study coastles, Earth and its atmosphere
Erosion- wearing away of land by waves and wind
Deposition- the building up of lands and deposits of sand and other materials
Examples in the world 
  • beach
  • dunes
  • barriers
  • deltas
  • strand plains
  • lagoon
  • tidal flats

]]> 2022-02-08 07:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034810834 Karst gilbertchr https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034811357 Definition:
karst is a type of landscape where the dissolving of bedrock has created sinkholes, caves, springs and etc.

karst are rock like landscapes that normally have unique features such as caves, stalactites, springs and sink holes

How is this landscape created:
arst landscapes are formed when easily dissolve bedrock is worn away by slightly acidic water from an under ground source on the Earths surface

What Land forms does it have?
  • Caves 
  • Stalactites
  • Springs 
  • sinkholes
  • Rivers
  • Stalagmites
   
     Definition of keywords

 Stalagmites: its an upward growing spike coming out of         the ground in caves.
     
    Stalactites: and downward growing spike coming out of the ceiling in caves.

]]> 2022-02-08 07:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034811357 Riverine:By Bianca Eamon & Tait😀 ohlsontai https://padlet.com/steph_parmar/landscapes/wish/2034811394 Definition
Relating to or situated on a river or river bank.
How Are Rivers Created?
It is formed by the natural movement of a water system
What Landforms Does It Have? 
  • Delta
  • Drainage basin
  • Estuary
  • Flood plain
  • Gorge
  • Lake
  • Meander
  • Oxbow lake 
  • River
  • Tributary
  • V-shaped valley
  • Waterfall
  • watershed
Definitions Of Key Words
Ecosystem- A term used to describe the way in which living organisms such as plants and animals in a particular area interact with the non-living organisms in that area such as water rocks and climate.

Agricultural- The cultivation of soil to produce crops and raising livestock.
Example On Earth
The Amazon river located in South America.
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