Landscapes and Landforms
Forming landforms;
The landforms are formed tectonic plates under Earth moving, cracking, colliding and more
Weathering, deposition and erosion are all ways landforms are made
Deposition - Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
Tectonic Plates:
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Take a close look at the compass rose. All the way at the top, at the 12:00 position, you'll see an N. The N stands for north, one of the four cardinal directions. Moving clockwise, at the 3:00 position, you'll see an E. The E stands for east. Further clockwise, at 6:00, is the letter S. S stands for south. Finally, at the 9:00 position you will see the letter W, which stands for west. These are the four cardinal directions, N for north, E for east, S for south, and W for west. They're always read in the clockwise direction. To help you remember their order in the clockwise fashion, remember this piece of very important mnemonic device: Never Eat Soggy Waffles! Or, perhaps, you prefer Never Eat Slimy Worms. It doesn't matter, so long as you remember them in order.
Now, let's go over the intermediate directions. Again, let's start at 12:00 and move clockwise. Right in between north and east you'll see the abbreviation NE. This stands for northeast. In the middle of east and south lies SE. SE represents southeast. Further clockwise you'll spot SW in between south and west. SW denotes southwest. Finally, the last of our intermediate directions is NW, located halfway between west and north. NW symbolizes northwest. Those are our four intermediate, or ordinal, directions: NE for northeast, SE for southeast, SW for southwest, and NW for northwest.
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Place and Liveability
SHEEPT:
Social: Factors that impact the community or enhance the community. Equality, pride, community identity, education and mental health.
History: The history of the location. It can be appealing or create an insight on what the emerging history may be like. Historical events, equality of all colonists, perspectives and interests.
Environmental: The natural and man-made environment and conservation of a renewable environment. Air quality, noise pollution, space, rural location, beauty and greenery.
Economic: All elements that relate or apply to money. Whether it be national income, trades, bills, income, inflation, taxes and job application and salaries.
Political: Any political or government state that would affect people. Prime ministers, stable government, dictator, democracy.
Technology: Any tool used for efficiency and improvement of the standard of living. Good wifi, technology and first world country.
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Geographical Skills
Bearings: bearings are the degrees on a compass
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North to South is 0-180°
South to North is 180-360°
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Landscapes and Landforms
Glossary:
Landform: a natural feature of the Earth's surface, for example a mountain, valley, lowland or volcano
Landscape: section of the Earth's surface made up of a variety of natural or man-made geographical features. Eg., Deserts, coasts, rainforests.
Environment: a specific place on Earth and all the living and non- living elements that are there
Geomorphology: the scientific field that investigates how landforms are formed on the Earth
Tectonics: Processes within the mantle which build up the various features on the Earth's crust
Erosion: the wearing down, transportation and deposition of material by water, wind and ice
continent: The landmass on Earth is divided into continents. The seven current continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
Fault: a separation or crack in the layers of the Earth’s crust caused by stress and movement of Earth’s tectonic plates.
Geographical Processes: The physical and human forces that work in combination to form and transform the world, e.g. erosion, the water cycle, migration or urbanisation.
Weathering: The physical or chemical breakdown of materials into smaller materials
World Heritage site: A place listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as of special cultural or natural significance for preservation for the global community
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Photographs: this year we learned about photographs and what angles are called what, we learned about oblique, vertical, vertical ariel, ground photos, oblique ariel and all of these types of photographs are essential in geo skills and are important for what we need to know about the land or the atmosphere.
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Latitude and longitude: Latitudes are horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the equator. Longitudes are vertical lines that measure east or west of the meridian in Greenwich, England. Together, latitude and longitude enable cartographers, geographers and others to locate points or places on the globe.
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Directions: When using a compass you may use cardinal or intermittent directions depending on where you would like to go. An intermediate direction may include: north, north, east or north east and a cardinal direction is north, south , east and west
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