WARM- UP

• 1. WHAT IS A REASON A GEOGRAPHER MIGHT NEED TO GO INTO THE FIELD.

• 2. WHAT IS A WAY THAT TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS THE WAY A GEOGRAPHER DOES THEIR JOB?

PLANET EARTH

PLANETS: NEIGHBORS IN SPACE• SUN, CENTER OF SOLAR SYSTEM,

109X’S WIDER THEN EARTH, OBJECTS REVOLVE AROUND IT

• ALL PLANETS ORBIT AROUND THE SUN

• ALL EXCEPT MERCURY & VENUS HAVE MOONS

• TWO TYPES OF PLANETS:

• TERRESTRIAL- SOLID ROCKY CRUST

• GAS GIANTS- MORE GASEOUS, LESS DENSE

ASTROIDS, COMETS, METEROIDS• ASTEROIDS SMALL, IRREGULARLY

SHAPED PLANET LIKE OBJECTS

• MOSTLY FOUND IN ASTEROID BELT

• COMETS- ICY DUST PARTICLES, FROZEN GASES

• MAY APPROACH FROM ANY DIRECTION

• METEOROIDS- SPACE DEBRIS (ROCK/IRON)

• MOST BURN UP UPON ENTERING EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE

WATER, LAND AND AIR• EARTH WIDER AT CENTER THEN

TOP/BOTTOM

• WATER 70% OF PLANETS SURFACE

• OCEANS, LAKES, RIVERS = HYDROSPHERE

• LAND, OCEAN BASINS = LITHOSPHERE

• LAYER OF GASES ABOVE SURFACE= ATMOSPHERE

• LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM = BIOSPHERE

LANDFORMS• NATURAL FEATURES OF THE

EARTH’S SURFACE

• FOUR MAJOR- MOUNTAINS, HILLS, PLATEAUS, PLAINS

• UNDERWATER LANDFORMS EXIST

• EARTH’S MOST VISIBLE LANDFORMS ARE CONTINENTS

• CONTINENTAL SHELVES SLOPE OUT AS MUCH AS 800 MILES FROM LAND

MOUNTAIN AND HILL

MOUNT SHASTA HILL IN NAPA, CALIFORNIA

VALLEY’S AND PLATEAUSCENTRAL VALLEY CALIFORNIA PLATEAU

EARTH’S HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS

HIGHEST POINT ON EARTH- MT. EVEREST

LOWEST DRY LAND- SHORE OF THE DEAD SEA

EARTH’S DEEPEST POINT- MARINA TRENCH

THE SPHERES AND ME

• FOR ALL FOUR SPHERES OF EARTH:

• DRAW A PICTURE OF YOU “INTERACTING” WITH THAT SPHERE

• WRITE A CAPTION THAT EXPLAIN YOUR INTERACTION

• NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENT