Philippine Geography and Climate

It refers to the study of the world, such as physical features of a country or a place.

• Sociology

• Geography

• Photography

The following are importance of geography except _________________.

• understand location

• know natural resources

• create environmental problems

It refers to the precise location of a place.

• absolute location

• relative location

• vicinal location

Two important things to study geography.

• map and sketch

• globe and map

• sketch and globe

It is an imaginary line that separates the globe from northern to southern hemisphere.

• Prime Meridian

• International Dateline

• Equator

It is the intersection of latitudes and longitudes on the globe.

• graph

• grid

• cross

Vicinal:_________________

Insular:________________

• neighboring countries

  bodies of water

• wind direction

  movement of the water currents

• bodies of water

  elevation

What bodies of water can be found at the eastern part of the Philippines?

• Bashi Channel

• Pacific Ocean

• Celebes

It is the condition of the atmosphere for a short period of time.

• weather

• climate

• typhoon

It is a condition of the atmosphere for a long period of time.

• storm

• climate

• weather