Landform

The ethnography that I chose is the The Hopi Way by Laura Thompson. This book discusses the way of life of the only surviving group of the desert dwellers, the Hopi. I will give an overview of the Hopi’s environment, political and social organization, the journey from birth to death, the resources used during this time, and how they made a living. I chose this book because I have family living in northern Arizona and I think that the translation of the word Hopi which means the peaceful people…

Who was Alfred Wegener? Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin, Germany on November 1, 1880. He was a meteorologist (a person who studies the atmosphere and its weather (Meteorology, n.d.)) and geologist (a person who studies about the Earth’s history through rocks, layers of soil, etc. (Geology, n.d.)). In the early twentieth century, Wegener championed the continental drift theory. In 1904, he attended University of Berlin, where is he studied natural sciences also, received his doctorate in…

from under your feet. Speaking of volcanoes Ecuador has a good amount of them, 25 of them! Some are really cool, like Cotopaxi, right now its restless but anything can happen and when it does its gonna be explosive. Ecuador has many other amazing landforms such as mountains, islands, rivers and obviously volcanos. Have you ever wanted to visit Ecuador and…

LESSON 3 Learning Targets Focus of Instruction Lesson 3: Creating the triorama Introduction/Setting the Purpose: Over the past few days, we have worked to research information about various habitats, its animals, and the danger they face for our trioramas and public service announcements. Today, we are going to summarize all the information that we gathered to begin creating our trioramas (instructions at the end of lesson 3). Teacher Note: During this lesson teacher should provide a…

The Yellowstone National Park wildfire of 1988 is nothing that is unheard of when it comes to our country’s natural disasters. This specific wildfire was remarkable considering that it was the largest fire complex ever recorded in the Greater Yellowstone Area. It was the summer of 1988 when it actually occurred, and this area was dealing with a severe drought. The setting to create the perfect fire consisted of a wet spring where dry winds reached up to sixty miles per hour, a humidity level…

active.Speaking of volcanoes , Costa Rica’s most active one, located in the Tilaran Mountains erupts in some measure almost every day. To the southeast, the Poas, Barva, Irazu and many other volcanoes form the Central Mountain's most spectacular landforms, while the higher Talamanca Mountains front its southern border with Panama. On May 27, 2010 the Pacaya volcano started erupting lava and rocks, covering Guatemala City with black…

South Korea has a total area of 99,000 square kilometers. In addition to the Peninsula connected to the mainland, it also has 3,200 islands in different sizes. One of the most famous is Chejudo, which is known as “Hawaii in the East”. Major landforms For the majority of the South Korea, the terrain is mostly mountainous, hilly, basined area and is less than 500 meters above sea level. Because Taipei Mountain Range runs along the eastern coast, it plants several mountain range forming hilly…

Which species of monkey has only less than 200 in total in the wild? It’s the Francois langur! The habitat of the Francois langur is Asia, but also other countries in and around Asia. The areas where they live consist of semi-tropical and subtropical regions. The monkeys are covered in black fur all around their bodies, except for a white stripe that goes along their face. Additionally, young Francois langurs have orange fur until they are about one year old. Their diet is made up of things such…

cylindrical shape, with Central Lake at the center and various forests all around it. We started at Maple White Land, and came down progressively until we reached the Amazon Forest. An excerpt from my log gives a description of this strange and vibrant landform: “The thick vegetation met overhead, interlacing into a natural pergola, and through this tunnel of verdure flowed the green, pellucid river, beautiful in itself but marvelous from the strange tints thrown by the vivid light from above…

Trees Trees absorb odours and pollutant gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulphur dioxide and ozone) and filter particulates out of the air by trapping them on their leaves and bark. An apple tree can yield up to 15-20 bushels of fruit per year and can be planted on the tiniest urban lot. Aside from fruit for humans, trees provide food for birds and wildlife. On hillsides or stream slopes, trees slow water runoff and hold soil in place. Neighbourhoods and homes that are barren have shown to have…