SOCIAL STUDIES

Quarter 1 – Week 1-2

Physical Geography

LEARNING ACTIVITY
SHEETS (L.A.S) 8
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Stone Rock Village, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, 8000
Government Recognition No. 002 S. 2012 and No. 01 S. 2013

Name: ____________________________________ Grade Level: 8 Score: __________

Subject: Social Studies- Teacher: Salem R. De la Concepcion
Date:
Type of Activity: Concept Notes Laboratory Individual Quiz
Exercise/Drill Art/Drawing Pair/Group Others
Lesson/Topic: Physical Geography Activity No: 1
Learning Target/s: Discuss the significance of geography and the five themes of Geography.
Reference: Social Studies in Perspective World History pp.02-13and National Geographic

Good day Grade 8! How are you doing today? Let’s continue to explore new
things in our Social Studies class. In this week’s lesson, you’ll learn about the
Physical Geography.

Physical geography is the study of Earth’s seasons, climate, atmosphere, soil, streams,
landforms, and oceans.
Geographer -a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural
environment and human society.

Geography
Geography is the study of places and the
relationships between people and their
environments. Geographers explore both the
physical properties of Earth’s surface and the
human societies spread across it. They also
examine how human culture interacts with the
natural environment and the way that locations
and places can have an impact on people.
Geography seeks to understand where things are
found, why they are there, and how they develop
and change over time.
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Stone Rock Village, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, 8000
Government Recognition No. 002 S. 2012 and No. 01 S. 2013

Location Place Region Movement Human

Environmental
Interaction
Absolute location: It describes the Regions divide Humans move— Humans shape the
Provides a definite human and the world into a lot! In addition, landscape through
reference for physical manageable ideas, fads, their interaction
locating a place. characteristics of units for goods, with the land,
The reference can a location. geographic resources, and which has both
be latitude and -it refers to the study. Regions communication positive and
longitude, a street characteristics
have some sort all travel negative effects on
of characteristic distances. This the environment.
address, or even that are unique to
that unifies the theme studies As an example of
the Township and a place. as follows
area and can be movement and the human-
Range system. a) Climate
formal, migration across environment
b) Landform functional, or the planet. The interaction, think
Relative location: c) Water vernacular. emigration of about how people
Describes a place Form and Syrians during living in cold
with respect to its Natural war, the flow of climates have often
environment and its Resources water in the Gulf mined coal or
connection to other d) Culture Stream, and the drilled for natural
places. and expansion of cell gas in order to heat
others. phone reception their home.
around the planet
are all examples
of movement.

The Physical Characteristics of the Earth

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Stone Rock Village, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, 8000
Government Recognition No. 002 S. 2012 and No. 01 S. 2013

Activity: BUBBLE QUOTE

Write a bubble quote describing how you understand physical Geography. Your
response may only contain one sentence or two words per line. Each response to a
bubble quote is worth Three points, for a total of twelve points.
You responded to each bubble quote.

You can begin.

Reflection

As a student, why should we study the

Physical geography of the world?