1.9 Understand how landforms and water forms influence human activity.

This section is intended to make students apply, analyze and think about how Land forms & water forms affect human activity

1.9.1 Examine examples to illustrate how human

activity adapts to land forms and water forms.Web readings

How do humans adapt their houses in earthquake prone regions.

List three ways volcanologist suggest we adapt to living in volcano prone regions

List several ways people who live in coastal areas “like Placentia” can prepare for a Tsunami.

Select

ONE of the studies to the right.Read it.List several ways humans have adapted to the land or water forms involved.

Text readings4. Red river flooding. P. 29-30 question #7 Part

C5. The Curonian Spit p. 45-46 Question # 17

Part b-e6. Storm Surges in Bangladesh p. 50-51. What

two adaptations did Bangladesh institute after the 1970 disaster.

1.9.2 Examine examples to illustrate how land forms

and water forms affect accessibility.

How does the Sahara desert affect the accessibility of central African countries?Are there any other regions of the world whose access is limited by desert?

1.9.2 Examine examples to illustrate how land forms

and water forms affect accessibility.

If this spit formation continues it might form a bay bar affecting accessibility.What might you do to keep the harbor mouth open?

1.9.2 Examine examples to illustrate how land forms

and water forms affect accessibility.

How might sea cliffs affect accessibility?Is this relevant in Newfoundland?

1.9.2 Examine examples to illustrate how land forms

and water forms affect accessibility.

Name one location where rivers restrict accessibility.What solutions are there to overcome such obstacles.

1.9.2 Examine examples to illustrate how land forms

and water forms affect accessibility.How have mountains affected accessibility in Canada.Did mountains help keep Asia isolated from Europe?What solutions allowed us to overcome the obstacles of mountains?

1.9.3 Justify a preference for the appeal of selected landforms and water forms.

1. Mountains2. Alpine glaciers3. Continental

glaciers4. Bay bar5. Bay beach6. Desert7. Sea stack8. Sea caves9. Sea arches10. St. Andres Fault

Name 2 of the structures to the right you would most like to visit and state why.

11. Hamadas12. Erg13. Barchans14. Amazon River

Basin15. Cirques in

Switzerland16. Meandering

Mississippi17. Nile Delta18. Drumlins in

Baffin Island19. Volcano in

Hawaii

1.9.4 Propose a solution to a threat posed by selected land and water forms.

Text readings1. Red River Flood p. 29-302. Storm Surges in Bangladesh p.

50-51

Web Reading3. Droughts in desert-like areas,

plains and semi-arid landscapes.

Select ONE of the studies/readings to the right.Read it.Propose your solution to the threat.