Create a Continent: Landscape zones and precipitation Part II

Create a Continent 
Statement of Inquiry
Features of natural landscapes are caused by System Earth and influence the location of human landscapes 

Key Concept: Systems 
Related Concepts: Causality 
Global Context: Natural and human landscapes
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Create a Continent 
Statement of Inquiry
Features of natural landscapes are caused by System Earth and influence the location of human landscapes 

Key Concept: Systems 
Related Concepts: Causality 
Global Context: Natural and human landscapes

Slide 1 - Slide

Create a Continent 
Today:
  • Repeat: Tropical rainforest, check out homework and Figure 4.4 
  • Explanation and video: savannah, steppe and desert 
  • Quick Quiz: tropical rainforest, savannah, steppe and desert 
  • ACTIVITY: Make a drawing of the four landscape zones. 

Slide 2 - Slide

Landscape Zones: 
the savannah
  • Located north and south of the tropical rainforest. 
  • Has a dry season for 6 months
  • Vegetation consists of tall grasses and a few trees. 
  • Large animals live on the savannah

Slide 3 - Slide

Landscape Zones: 
the steppe
  • Located north and south of the savannah
  • Has very litte precipitaion (250 - 500 mm)
  • Vegetation consists of low shrubs and grasses

Slide 4 - Slide

Landscape Zones: 
the desert 
  • Located north and south of the steppe
  • Almost no precipitation (0 - 250 mm)
  • Almost no vegetation, sometimes cactusses or shrubs
  • Sometimes an oasis with palm trees
  • Hot days, very cold nights 
  • Nomads live in the desert

Slide 5 - Slide

Slide 6 - Video

Name one thing you did not know before, but now do after watching the video.

Slide 7 - Open question

The vegetation consists of large trees that are always green
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 8 - Quiz

The precipitation is high, about 2000 mm per year.
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 9 - Quiz

Nomads live in this area.
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 10 - Quiz

There is almost no precipitation, between 0 - 250 mm per year
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 11 - Quiz

Large animals live in this landscape
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 12 - Quiz

The vegetation consists of a grasses and short shrubs
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 13 - Quiz

There is a wet season and a dry season
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 14 - Quiz

The precipitation is low, about 250 - 500 mm per year
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 15 - Quiz

The vegetation consists of a few cactusses or palm trees
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 16 - Quiz

The biodeversity is very high in this area
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 17 - Quiz

The vegetation consists of tall grasses and a few trees
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 18 - Quiz

Some very strange animals live in this area...
A
Tropical Rainforest
B
Savannah
C
Steppe
D
Desert

Slide 19 - Quiz

On one sheet of paper make a drawing of each of the four landscape zones: tropical rainforest, savannah, steppe and desert. Make sure that you add enough details of the vegetation type and animals.

Upload a photo of your four drawings here.

Slide 20 - Open question