Landform

Norseman of Scandinavia the mountainous region of Denmark, Sweden and Norway and lived between 750-1200 Ad. The Environmental conditions the Vikings lived in were months of cold weather that lead to Dry and bad soil, there were very mountainous landforms and small land sizes for farms and houses. The Weather was harsh and bitter cold months of snow Icey cold conditions. With lots of snow. This Led to very pore soil conditions dry and hard soil was most of the time for the Vikings, so they…

Some of the places where geography shaped the people's lives are Mesopotamia and China and it also shaped people's lives during the Stone Age. Some of the geographical landforms that shaped people's lives were hills, cliffs,valleys, rivers, ponds, creeks and wetlands. Mesopotamia had the perfect geography to start a civilization. It had rivers, hills and plains. (Document 1-5) Mesopotamia was in the fertile crescent…

achieves a preferred orientation” (WikiPedia). There are also several glacial moraines, a glacial moraine is a accumulations of dirt and rocks that have fallen onto the glacier surface or have been pushed along by the glacier as it moves. (Glacier Landforms). The miners started out with a simple pan, and there greed led them to want more so…

The tropical rainforest is a wonderful place! There’s so many animals and plants… it’s overwhelming! In fact, there’s three of them around the world! There’s one in South America, one in Australia, and one in Indonesia. The most famous is the Amazon Rainforest in South America. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is the biggest rainforest. Three biotic factors of tropical rainforests are animals, trees, and plants. In fact, the tropical rainforests have some of the most fascinating animals in the…

1. Why is it important to think critically about research methods, even if you don’t plan on a research career? Research methods tie scientific investigations together. Combine this with logic and ideologies and questions will be answered. Different research methods could be used throughout everyday life for solving common questions. 2. In the opinion of Montello and Sutton, how are informal, daily observations different from science? Scientific observations want to be repeatable (to prove…

Dear US Geological Survey, I think that you should accept Alfred Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift. There is a large amount of realistic evidence to prove that this theory did occur. Wegener’s theory is that all seven continents were once joined into a supercontinent called Pangaea. He believes that after continents were in that supercontinent, they gradually moved apart over more than a hundred years ago and will continue to move in the future. This Theory of Continental Drift is supported…

natural disaster are gods that are not to be messed with. The good gods are related to fortune or a flowing river; a symbol that represents happiness. In an article titled Igbo Religion, Widjaja writes about how gods and other deities can appear in landform or natural object, as does Achebe. Widjaja writes that the most common god to appear is Amadioha, the god of thunder. Gods also do their part in Chukwu’s work. Gods are appointed by Chukwu to do whatever is asked of them. In Things Fall…

Student Name: Mahayelea Maya Geographical Setting: What continent? What Landforms? What important Places? The Mayans settled in Mesoamerica. They lived in southern and northern Guatemala. In the Northern part of Guatemala it is full of mountain ranges, filled with minerals, and has a dry cool climate. In the southern part of Guatemala has the places Belize and Yucatan. In Yucatan the climate was dry and hot. Hot humid rainforests covered the southern area of guatemala and it had plenty of…

Have you ever visited Yellowstone National Park and wondered how on earth Old Faithful functions? Or how any geyser functions for that matter? Geysers are mysterious landforms that have the ability to project large amounts of water and steam into the air. One of the most visited geysers is Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park. Old Faithful is an intricate geyser that erupts at unique times. Throughout this paper, you will learn about how geysers work, learn facts about Old Faithful and it’s…

Throughout time, many ideas have come and gone about the movement of continents, some saying that it’s true, and some saying that it’s not. One theory, though, is the most well known and the one most people believe to be true. This is the continental drift theory, created by Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist. Alfred Lothar Wegener was born on November 1st, 1880 to a German family. He was the youngest child of Richard and Anna Wegener. He had 2 siblings, a sister named Tony Wegener, and a…