How Does the Earth Move? Crash Course Geography #5

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

7

Overview

In this video, we're going to talk about how the Earth moves, but to do that, we're going to have to go way back to the early days of the galaxy. Processes that happened before the Earth even formed have led us to the geographic patterns and processes that create Earth's environments and support all living things. We'll talk about how the Earth rotates, the effects of it being slightly tilted, how events like sea ice melting impact how the Earth wobbles, and talk about how our elliptical orbit gives us seasons. So many of our life decisions are influenced by the motion of Earth. It guides where we decide to live, what food we eat, or even what weather we experience, which we'll talk about more next time.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 7 - 7th Grade: Geography

SS10.7G.3

Compare geographic patterns in the environment that result from processes within the atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere of Earth’s physical systems.

UP:SS10.7G.3

Vocabulary

  • geographic or spatial patterns
  • regions
  • compare
  • geographic issues
  • human and natural processes

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Geographic patterns in the environment that result from processes within the atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere of Earth's physical systems.
  • Earth-Sun relationships regarding seasons, fall hurricanes, monsoon rainfalls, and tornadoes.
  • Processes that shape the physical environment, including long-range effects of extreme weather phenomena, such as plate tectonics, glaciers, ocean and atmospheric circulation, El Niño long-range effects—erosion on agriculture, typhoons on coastal ecosystems.
  • Characteristics and physical processes that influence the spatial distribution of ecosystems and biomes on Earth's surface.
  • How ecosystems vary from place to place and over time, such as alteration or destruction of natural habitats due to effects of floods and forest fires, reduction of species diversity due to loss of natural habitats, reduction of wetlands due to replacement by farms, reduction of forest and farmland due to replacement by housing developments, reduction of previously cleared land due to reforestation efforts.
  • Geographic issues in different regions that result from human and natural processes.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Interpret reasons for spatial patterns of Earth's regions.
  • Compare variations between and within geographic regions.
  • Explain processes that shape the physical environment.
  • Compare and explain geographic issues in different regions.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Spatial patterns are caused by human and physical processes in the atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and the hydrosphere.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

CrashCourse

License Type

Custom
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Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

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