1. Physical Characteristics of a Place World Geography

2. Physical Characteristics CLIMATEECOSYSTEMSLANDFORMSRESOURCES

3. WEATHERWEATHER The condition of the bottom layer of the earth’s atmosphere over a short period of time Examples:

4. CLIMATECLIMATE Weather patterns that an area typically experience over a long period of time. Examples:

5. CLIMATE REGIONS Climate regions are defined by two factors: TemperaturePrecipitation

6. ECOSYSTEMSECOSYSTEMS The interaction of plant life, animal life and the environment in which they live.

7. Tropical Rain Forest Near the equator Warm and wet South America and Africa

8. Deciduous Forest Trees that shed their leaves Europe, North America and East Asia

9. Coniferous Forest Trees that can survive long, cold winters Pines, Spruces and Firs All have needles North America, Europe, Asia

10. ChaparralChaparral An area of underbrush and small trees Mediterranean Sea, Chile, California, South Africa, Australia

11. Tropical Grassland Warm land near the equator Also called savannas South America, Africa

12. Temperate Grassland Grassland in cooler parts of the world Also called a prairie North America (Midwest, Great Plains)

13. DesertDesert Not always barren Some plants can store hundreds of gallons of water Africa, Central America, Asia

14. TundraTundra Cool climate, small plants, few animals Northern latitudes

15. LANDFORMSLANDFORMS Natural features of the landscape bay, butte, canyon, cape, cliff, delta, gulf, isthmus, lake, peninsula, plateau, pond, river, strait...

16. RESOURCESRESOURCES Materials in the environment that people value and use to satisfy their needs. Renewable Soil, water, sun (for 5 billion more years) Nonrenewable Fossil fuels, natural gas, coal, iron

17. Quiz/Coach/TradeQuiz/Coach/Trade On half sheet of paper 4 physical characteristics of a place Choose a place Fill in information Quiz/Coach/Trade