Quiz: Locating a Point on Earth

http://www.purposegames.com/game/locating-a-point-on-earth

Europe and America: Map and Quizzes

South America:

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/samerica-quiz.php

Europe:

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php

IMPORTANT: Skip the countries we haven't learned.

Video: The Seven Continents

Video (Youtube): "7 Continents of the World"

Activity:

1) After watching the video "7 Continents of the World", write down three main characteristics of each of the continents related to climate or the animals, plants or population which inhabit them.

2) Label on a world map:

• The 7 Continents
• The Equator
• The Greenwich meridian
• The Tropics
• The following water bodies:
• South Pacific Ocean
• North Pacific Ocean
• South Atlantic Ocean
• North Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Southern Ocean

Geography

What is Geography?

Geography is the science which deals with the Earth's surface. People who study geography are called geographers. Geographers are interested in the Earth's physical features, such as mountains, deserts, rivers and oceans. They are also interested in the ways in which people affect and are affected by the natural world.

The Earth

Planet Earth is one of the terrestial planets of the Solar System .By terrestrial planet we mean that Earth has a hard rocky surface. Around 70% of it's surface is covered in water.

The Earth revolves around the Sun and also spins on itself. The spinning makes the middle of the Earth (the Equator) bulge out slightly, making the Earth an oblate spheroid.

Locating a Point on the Earth

The simplest method for describing locations is to create a grid. A grid is a series of evenly spaced imaginary lines that intersect with one another at right angles. One set of lines are distributed across the globe horizontally, and one set of lines are distributed vertically.

Because the Earth is rotating around an imaginary axis, we can define a top and bottom. We call these the poles. The imaginary lines that extend from pole to pole are called meridians (or lines of longitude), while the lines that circle the globe horizontally are referred to as parallels (or circles of latitude).

Latitude is the angular distance of any object from the equator measured in degrees.
Longitude is the angular distance of any object from the Prime Meridian (located in Greenwich, England) measured in degrees.

Maps

A map is a two dimensional description of a specific area of land. Maps describe in a visual or graphic format certain key features of the territory being examined.

Maps are important tools and are indispensable to geographers. They help geographers understand in a visual way important things about the surface of the Earth.

PREZI: https://prezi.com/zlzb3wsojk4a/basics-world-map/