Geography Unit 1 Lesson 6 Definitions scale an

Geography Unit 1 Lesson 6

Definitions • scale: an explanation of spatial levels, including personal scale, local scale, regional scale, national scale, and global scale • national: a level of scale referring to a country • state: a national division, on a regional level of scale • regional: a level of scale referring to an area of common features, which is distinguished from neighbouring regions, for example, a state or territory, or area within this

• country: an area of land defined by borders; of a national level of scale • North: the direction towards the North Pole • South: the direction towards the South Pole • division: the defining section or part of a place, for example, world divisions like the equator are sections of the world

• map: a diagram showing the key features of a place or space, and the location of these features in relation to one another • globe: a spherical representation of the Earth • world: the Earth with its inhabitants • Earth: the name of the planet we live on • country: an area of land defined by borders; of a national level of scale • continent: a large landmass on Earth; the world’s continents are Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America and South America

New Definitions • continent: a large landmass on Earth; the world’s continents are Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America and South America • ocean: a large body of water surrounding continents: Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean • zone: an area or regional division • geographical divisions: the defining section or part of a place, for example World divisions are sections of the world • poles: the absolute north and south regions of the globe • hemisphere: one half of the Earth, divided by the equator: the Northern Hemisphere, or the Southern Hemisphere

• The world is the global scale. • A continent is a large landmass on Earth. • Within the world, there are seven major continents: Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, • North America, South America and Antarctica. • There are countries within each continent. • Australia is a special continent. It is both a country and a continent.

• Mapping the world • Click by click we will label the continents.

I Do, We Do, You Do • Click by click we will label the oceans of the world.

I Do • You can now see a line running across the middle of the world map. This is the equator. The equator is the hottest region of the Earth. The equator divides the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

• These lines show the divisions of the tropics: the Tropic of Cancer, and the Tropic of Capricorn. You will notice that the Tropic of Capricorn runs through Australia. Sometimes you might hear people talking about places in the tropics. This means the place is located between these tropical divisions.

We Do • Click by click label the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

I Do • The Arctic Circle is the area near the North Pole, while the Antarctic Circle is the area near the South Pole.

You Do • Students label the Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle on their sheets.

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Let's use our question bubbles to describe locations of Australia and other countries that we know of.