The Puerto Rican landscape

Puerto Rico

Can you name of Puerto Rico’s natural landscapes?

landscape is the features of a given area of land.

Natural landscape – is a landscape that has not been transformed by humans beings. video

Vocabulary foldable Activity: 15 pts.

Describe the main elements of Puerto Rico’s landscapes creating a vocabulary foldable.

Research the vocabulary provided by the teacher on page 26-36 of your textbook.

Create a vocabulary foldable: Write the vocabulary word on the outside with representative drawing. The definition goes on the inside of the foldable. Rubric provided by the teacher.

Examples:

Vocabulary Altitude – different elevations we find on a landscape.

Relief- variation in altitudes, different shapes and heights of a landscape

◦ Both elevation and underwater landscapes are changing constantly due to External and internal forces.

◦ Examples: wind and water: external forces ◦ Volcanoes and earthquakes : internal forces

Erosion – wearing out caused by wind and water (video) ◦ Example: Wind breaks off pieces of rockfrom mountains and carries them in different

directions.◦ Water: in the form of rain, snow, hail, and even high tides can break rocks, create peaks, dig

holes and tunnels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Rp9MJJGCU

Plains – land without elevation

Mountain – natural elevation of land that reaches great heights.

Valleys – flat areas located between mountains

Metropolitan area – a zone that forms around a large city. Includes building ,

stores, residential areas.

Vault – a structure of stone or concrete that is shape like an arch. Forms a ceiling roof.