Lesson 2: Physical Features of the Earth

 

     After discussing about the different theories (Divine Theory and Scientific Theories) in the previous posts, this post will discuss about the lovely Earth itself.

    The Earth, created by God... or whatever or whomever you want to believe, is here right now and deserves our attention! Which is why I'm going to impart to you what I have learned from dear Miss Princess.

     I've learned that Earth's hemispheres have unbalanced water-land percentage. 39% land for the North Hemisphere and 19% land for the South hemisphere to be exact. See:

     I've also learned that the earth's real shape is Oblate Spheroid. It means it's kind of an oblong sort of thing with an almost flat top and an almost flat bottom.

     

     The earth also consists of different layers namely the core, mantle and crust. The core is the innermost layer while the mantle is the middle layer. The crust is the thin outermost layer. I'm so happy to live here at the crust. I would burn to crisps in less than a second if I were in any other layer than the crust.

     There are also imaginary lines on the map above. The horizontal ones are called Latitudes while the vertical ones are called Longitudes. 0 degree latitude is the Equator while the 0 degree longitude is the Prime Meridian.

      We also learned about continents. The world really is a nice place to live in because of it's uniqueness and variety. It's a kaleidoscope. Very beautiful and very interesting. Our world is a miracle. It's miracle is life. As we are 'life', we are the miracles and we must value our world and learn more about it and it's history.

        Lastly, the father of history and geography. I introduce:

 Herodotus

     Cool isn't it? He's the father of both history and geography for the things he has done. He studied about the earth's geography and he also added knowledge to history.