The earth's relief

Objectives:

1. Describe and define the main forms of the earth's continental and underwater relief.
2. Explain the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics.
3. Explain the formation of folds and faults, pointing out the differences.
4. Explain what volcanos and earthquakes are, where and why they occur more frequently.
5. List the main ersosive agents.
6. Describe the erosion caused by rivers, taking into account that the course of a river is divided up into 
    low, middle and high courses.
7. Recognise and locate the main forms of the Earth's relief.
8. Read topographic maps

Definitions
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What is the difference between an underwater relief and a continental relief ? (p.22,23)
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Task 1: What is the reliefe of Ecuador ?
Task 2: What is the reliefe of Quito ?
Investigate with the Internet :)

How deep is the lowest point of earth ? How far is it to the highest point ?
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Do you think the earth's relief has always been the same ?

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Projects: 
1. What happened in South-Asia in December 2004 ? Can you describe  this natural event ?
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2. What happened in your own Country Ecuador in 1999 ?
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Why do volcanos errupt ? What are the causes ?

What is a continental drift and what are plate tectonics ?
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Have some fun in between :)
Click here to learn about the tectonic plates. How many are there ?

Stars and planets

What is the difference between a star and a planet ?

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 What is the shape of our planet earth ?

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Question bank
Why is life possible on planet earth ? (p.8)
What is a galaxy ?
What is a solarsystem ?
What is the earth's position with regard to the distance of the sun ?
What are the functions of all the 4 speres ?
What is rotation movement ?
What is revolution movement ?
What are the effects of revolution movement ?
What is the internal constitution of earth ?
What is the surface of the earth ?


The solarsystem used to have 9 planets, but now scientists have reduced the quantity of planets to 8.
Why is that ?

Read the science news on National Geographic to find out.


Observe the picture. What can you see ?

Where are we ? (working with longitude and latitude)

Where is this ?
Where is South, North, West and East ?
What does Quito 78° 35' means ?
What does Jakarta 106° 45' means ?



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Quiz: True or False
1. In this picture above the person is standing with one foot in one hemisphere and with the other in another hemisphere. 
2. In this picture above the person is standing with one foot in the Northern Hemisphere and with one foot in the Southern Hemisphere.
3. Look at the picture below. In order to get to "La mitad del mundo" the person from above would just go straight back,  remember 0 - 0 - 0.

Where is North, West, South and East?
Where is Quito located ? 
Would the latitude also be 0-0-0 ?


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What does 0°- 0'- 0'' actually means ?
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