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  • Philippines
    -An archipelago
    -has 7,641 Islands
    -located in southeast asia.
  • Archipelago - Group of small islands surrounding bodies of water.
  • Landforms - on the earth’s surface or above sea level.
  • Weathering and erosion - Caused by the wind, air, and water.
  • Types of land forms: mountain, mountain range, hill, volcano, valley, and plain
  • Mountain - Rocks and sharp slopes
  • Mountain range - Series of mountains
  • Hill - small mountain
  • Volcano - has a vent on top and shoots magma.
  • Valley - lowland found between the hills
  • Plain - vast erea
  • insular locations - location of islands
  • Ocean - Far from an island.
  • Sea - close to an island
  • River - large stream of water flowing into the sea streams
  • lake - within an island.
  • Kaldera - corrupted volcano
  • Pacific ring of fire - locations of active volcanoes.
  • The philippines experience 20 tropical storms.
  • Natural resources - Materials or substance that can be found in nature
  • Water - Major resource, used for consumption and for irrigation in agriculture
  • 71% - water
    97 - Saltwater
    3% - freshwater
  • Saltwater - sanctuary for different marine life.
  • Freshwater - ice & little remains as groundwater
  • Soil - Top most layer of earth, provides minerals & physical support for plants.
  • Mineral - Solid elements that naturally grow underground
  • Streams - continuously flowing water
  • Life form - living organisms that inhabit an environment
  • Flora - plants
    fauna - animal
  • Fossil fuels - remains of plants and animals lived long ago
  • Hydroelectric power plants
  • Geothermal energy
  • biofuel -energy resource
  • Nuclear energy
  • Fossil fuel:
    Fossil fuel turns into h20, then to electricity, then goes to the generator and becomes energy
  • Geothermal energy:
    geothermal energy then turns into h20, then goes to electricity, and then put into a generator the becomes energy
  • hydroelectric power plants:
    water to electricity then put into a generator, then becomes energy.