Lesson 1: Exploring Geography / Climates and Ecosystems
Objectives
When you have successfully completed this lesson, you will be able to
- describe various types of maps, including each type’s advantages, disadvantages, and major components.
- read maps that effectively display a physical or cultural characteristic.
- describe how geographers use tools to understand the world.
- identify and define the five themes of geography and apply them to real-world situations and characteristics.
- identify location, place, and region.
- study and understand the importance of movement and human-environment interaction.
- classify the earth’s major physical characteristics.
- describe physical processes that affect the earth’s crust.
- explain theories that help scientists understand the earth’s past.
- describe the effects of two kinds of weathering and three kinds of erosion on the physical landscape.
- display an understanding of the earth’s place in space and how it affects weather and climate.
- explain how wind and ocean currents redistribute the sun’s heat.
- list the factors that influence the world’s climate regions.
- summarize why climatic change is a cause for concern.
- describe characteristics of various ecosystems and the conditions that affect ecosystems.
- explain why there are different types of forests.
- locate grasslands globally.
- explain how life survives in harsh deserts and tundra.