Nature and environments

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BY GLORIA K. COUSINS Nature and Environments

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BYGLORIA K. COUSINS

Nature and Environments

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IntroductionGood Morning Class,For the past week, we have been discussing in

our Science class some natural wonders on earth. This video contains elements of nature and our environment. It is divided into 5 sections-Beaches, Waters, Mountains, Canyons, and Sunsets.

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Beaches

Beaches are landforms along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, or lake and consists of rock, sand, gravel, pebbles, cobblestones, shells and algae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach

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BeachesExamples:

Goa Beach in India

Amalfi Beach in Italy

Acropolis Beach of Lintos Greece

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Waters of Water Bodies

Water bodies consist of oceans which cover 71% of the earth’s surface and made of saline, seas which are also made of saline and connected with oceans, rivers usually formed from precipitation and flow from higher ground to lower ground, and lakes which are usually freshwater, are considerable in size, and contained on a body of land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water

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WaterbodiesExamples

Malta Cliffs and the Mediterranean Sea

Argentina Lakes in South America

River in San Francisco

Iquassu Falls in Brazil

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Water BodiesMoreExamples

Lake Matheson in New Zealand

Lake Titicaca in Peru

Youkon Flats River

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Mountains

Mountains are large landforms that stretch above the surrounding land usually in the form of a peak. Tall mountains have different climatic conditions at the top than at the base.

Mountains are made up of earth and rock materials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain

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Mountains

ExamplesMountains at Skagway

Mountains in Alaska

Mountains in Colorado

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MountainsMoreExamples

Landmark Wall in China

Mount Ranier in Washington

Mountains in Southern California

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Canyons

Canyons are deep ravines between cliffs that are often carved from the landscape by a river. Canyon walls are often formed of sandstones or granite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyons

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CanyonsExamples

Canyonlands in Utah

Canyon de Chelly in Arizona

Grand Canyon-1 of the largest in the world

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Sunset or Sundown

Sunset is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon as a result of the Earth’s rotation. The sunset creates unique atmospheric conditions such as intense orange and red colors of the sun and the surrounding sky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset

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Sunsets

Examples

Sunset in Africa

Sunset in California

Sunset in Cambodia

Sunset in Hudson Bay Canada

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Summary

These were amazing pictures of natural occurrences in nature and our environments.

This is only a portion of elements that have formed over time and exist today without the hands of man. We will discuss others later in the text.

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References

All pictures were obtained from free clipart for classrooms

http://classroomclipart.com/cqi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cqiAll definitions are located on each

corresponding slide throughout the presentation.