TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, NATURAL RESOURCES PDF

MODULE 1.2 TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES Learning Objective: By the end of this module, the students will be able to: 1. identify the different characteristics inherent in the regions such as topography, climate and natural resources; 2. discuss the impacts of these different g...

MODULE 1.2 TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES Learning Objective: By the end of this module, the students will be able to: 1. identify the different characteristics inherent in the regions such as topography, climate and natural resources; 2. discuss the impacts of these different geographic characteristic to the various ways of life and cultures of the people across the world; and 3. relate the importance of understanding these geographic characteristics in our lives. There are geographical factors that affect our way of life… Geographical Factors? Topography Nelson (2020) stated that topography describes the physical features of a land area. It basically helps us to understand more about natural formations such as mountains, rivers, lakes, and valleys, and manmade features such as roads, dams, and cities.”  Topography Landforms: including anything that physically affects an area Elevation: height of the mountains, valleys, hills, plateau, glaciers, lakes, rivers Latitude: north/south position of a location in reference from the equator, a horizontal line drawn around the middle of the Earth Longitude: east/west position of a location, generally measured in degrees from the Prime Meridian TOPOGRAPH IC MAP a geographical tool that shows the physical features of an area namria.gov.ph/ downloads.aspx#maps GP (geoportal.gov.ph)  CLIMATE Nelson (2020) defined climate as “the average measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow, and rain in a place over the course of years.” Thomas Steiner (n.d), identified four major climate zones, and these are: Polar and subpolar zone- consists of cool summers or not so hot summer days and very cold winters (places found in this zone usually have treeless tundra, glaciers, or a permanent or semi- permanent layer of ice). Climate Zones Thomas Steiner (n.d), identified four major climate zones, and these are: Temperate zone - no extreme temperature and precipitation, change or shifting of summer to winter and vise versa is generally smooth (not too cold and not too hot). Climate Zones Thomas Steiner (n.d), identified four major climate zones, and these are: Subtropical zone- has a relatively high temperatures, it usually experiences evenly distributed rainy days in a year Climate Zones Thomas Steiner (n.d), identified four major climate zones, and these are: Tropical zone - has only two seasons, the dry season and the wet season Climate Zones Thomas Steiner (n.d), identified four major climate zones, and these are: Thomas Steiner (n.d), identified four major climate zones, and these are: Natural Resources Natural resources are naturally-made materials that can be used by humans for economic advantages (“Renewable Resources Co,” 2016). Four Types of Natural Resources Todd (2015) identified the four types of natural resources, these are: Renewable- they can be reproduced/replicated (example: planting of coconuts will make you produce another source of coconuts) Living- living resources such as plants and animals (sources of food and other materials) Nonrenewable-cannot be replaced once used/gathered (example: gold, silver, diamond, etc.) Fossil fuels- these are sources of power/energy sources (example: oil, coal, and diesel) Why do we live where we live?