Carrera Profesional:

Geodesia y Topografía

Unidad Didáctica:
Inglés Técnico Básico

Unidad de Aprendizaje 1:
Topography Basics, instruments, maps
and layouts

Docente expositor:
Díaz Sandoval, Juliana E. Paola
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Hello ! Hi !
Good morning
(am)

from 6:00 to
12:00
Good afternoon
(pm)

from 12:00 to
7:00
Good evening
(pm)

from 7:00
to 10:00
Good night
(pm)
after 10:00
(bedtime)
 BYE

TAKE CARE

SEE YOU LATER

SEE YOU TOMORROW

Goodbye !
a. Good morning. My name’s Jenny.

b. Hello Jenny. I am Alicia.

a. How are you today?

b. I am fine thanks. And you?

a. I am good.

b. Nice to meet you Jenny.

a. Nice to meet you too.

Topography Basics, instruments, maps and layouts

Session 01
Lesson objectives:

❖ Use personal pronouns and the verb to be.

❖ Identify vocabulary related to topography and topographic maps.
 Personal Pronouns
Singular Plural
I
We
You

He You
She They
It
I a teacher.
He
a doctor.
She
It a dog.
We
You students.

They
I not a chef.
 He
is not an architect.
She
isn’t
We
You are not students

They
aren’t
I a teacher.

you a teacher
Yes, I am.
Yes, I’m.

No, I am not.
No, I’m not.
She a model.

she a model?
Yes, she is.
Yes, she’s.

No, she is not.

No, she isn’t.
They students.

they students?
 Yes, they are.
Yes, they’re.

No, they are not.

No, they aren’t.
Topography is the study of elevations on land in relation to each other. It
includes all valleys, mountains, and any sort of rise or dip in the ground.
Topography is shown on a map with lines radiating out from sea level.
➢ TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

Maps that show

changes in
elevation of Earth's
surface
➢ CONTOUR LINES

A line on a topographic
map that connects
points of equal
elevation
➢ SLOPE

Any land whose

surface gradually rises
in a general direction.
➢ SATELLITE VIEW

View of geological
formations from a satellite
orbiting the Earth.
➢ ELEVATION

It indicates the
height to which
something is
relative to sea
level.
➢ EROSION

The process of moving

material by way of
wind, water or gravity.
➢ RELIEF

Changes in elevation
over a given area of
land
➢ landform

A feature of topography
formed by the processes
that shape Earth's surface.