What is Physical Geography?

Physical Geography

• It is the study of the earth’s natural features. It is about the land, the sea, and the atmosphere around us.

• It is the study of the surroundings in which people, plants and animals live.

• It is the study of where and how people live.

Weather

• It is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere. It includes temperature, rainfall, and wind.

• It is the air around the earth

• It is the changes between seasons and from year to year.

Climate

• It is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere. It includes temperature, rainfall, and wind.

• It is the air around the earth

• The average weather conditions of a place taken over a period of time.

Hazards are

• A natural event such as an earthquake, storm, or flood that causes danger to people and property.

• All living things like plants and animals and non-living things like water, rocks, air, light, and soil in a specific area that interact with one other.

• Natural features formed by rivers, the sea, ice, and volcanoes.

Erosion means

• Wearing away of land by rivers, sea, ice, and wind.

• Laying down of material that has been carried by rivers, glaciers, and the sea.

• Natural features formed by rivers, the sea, ice, and volcanoes.

Deposition means

• Wearing away of land by rivers, sea, ice, and wind.

• Laying down of material that has been carried by rivers, glaciers, and the sea.

• Natural features formed by rivers, the sea, ice, and volcanoes.

Ecosystem means

• A natural event such as an earthquake, storm, or flood that causes danger to people and property.

• All living things like plants and animals and non-living things like water, rocks, air, light, and soil in a specific area that interact with one other.

• Natural features formed by rivers, the sea, ice, and volcanoes.

Landforms mean

• A natural event such as an earthquake, storm, or flood that causes danger to people and property.

• All living things like plants and animals and non-living things like water, rocks, air, light, and soil in a specific area that interact with one other.

• Natural features formed by rivers, the sea, ice, and volcanoes.

Atmosphere

• It is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere. It includes temperature, rainfall, and wind.

• It is the air around the earth

• The average weather conditions of a place taken over a period of time.

How would you classify the following features of physical geography - Beaches, Rivers, and Glaciers

• Landforms

• Hazards

• Weather