Physical Geography WPC 1

What is geography?

• Geography is the study of the Earth's surface and the people, environments, and resources that shape it.

• Geography is the analysis of historical events.
• Geography is the study of people.

• Geography is the study of animal behavior.

Sort the words into the correct category

Groups:

(a) Landforms

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(b) Waterways

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(c) Resources

• ocean

• oil

• soil

• channel

• trees

• sea

• minerals

• peninsula

• plateaus

• wood

• mountains

• river

• lake

What is climate?

• the average conditions over time in an area

• current weather conditions.

• daily temperature in a region.

Climate is the average ​ (a)   conditions over ​ (b)   in an area.

• time
• one day
• a few weeks
• weather

Temperature, humidity, and precipitation is a list that describes ​ (a)  

• climate
• resources
• landforms
• waterways

Resources are ​ (a)   found in ​ (b)   that are ​ (c)   to humans.

• substances
• nature
• valuable
• built
• objects
• artificial
• useless
• discovered

Oil, minerals, and soil describe​ (a)  

• resources
• landforms
• waterways