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Year 2

Key physical and human features of Jamaica

I can use aerial photographs and satellite images to find out about Jamaica's physical and human features.

New
New
Year 2

Key physical and human features of Jamaica

I can use aerial photographs and satellite images to find out about Jamaica's physical and human features.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Human features are things that are made by people and physical features occur naturally.
  2. Aerial photographs and satellite images are useful for finding out about Jamaica.
  3. Aerial photographs and satellite images can be labelled to show physical and human features.

Keywords

  • Natural - Something that is natural has not been changed by humans.

  • Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.

  • Satellite - A satellite is an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object in space. These an be natural like the moon or artificial ones like the International Space Station.

  • Local - Local means an area which the people who live there are familiar with, and encounter in their everyday lives.

Common misconception

Learners may not be familiar with some of the human and physical features in the images from Jamaica.

Spend time exploring aerial photographs and satellite images of your local area before investigating ones from Jamaica.

Learners could use Google Earth themselves to investigate Jamaica's human and physical features in more detail.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Scissors (optional).

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Natural means...
Correct answer: something that has not been changed by humans
something that has been changed by humans
something that has been changed by animals
Q2.
Where would you find a satellite?
Correct Answer: in space, space
Q3.
What type of image is this?
An image in a quiz
a map
an aerial photograph
Correct answer: a satellite image
Q4.
Order these from closest to furthest away
1 - Local
2 - National
3 - Global
Q5.
Which continents can you identify on this map?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: North America, South America
Q6.
Is Jamaica...
Correct answer: near the Equator
near the Tropic of Capricorn
near the Arctic Circle
Q3 © Google Earth, 2024 Data from: Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO Landsat / Copernicus

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following are physical features and which are human features?
Correct Answer:Town,Human

Human

Correct Answer:Mountain,Physical

Physical

Correct Answer:River,Physical

Physical

Correct Answer:Lake,Physical

Physical

Correct Answer:Airport,Human

Human

Q2.
Which of these is not a physical feature?
Correct answer: A train
The beach
Mangroves
Q3.
What could you see on a satellite image that you could not see on a globe?
Correct answer: Where places are in Jamaica
Correct answer: Where beaches are in Jamaica
if Jamaica is near the Equator
Q4.
Which two physical features are shown in this aerial photograph?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Sea
Pier
Hill
Correct answer: Beach
Q5.
Which of the following is a human feature that you would not find in Jamaica?
Pier
Correct answer: The Taj Mahal
Airport
Q6.
Which of these features would you not find in Jamaica?
Beaches
Rivers
Lakes
Correct answer: Country borders
Q2 image 2 Jannes Pockele CC BY 2.0 via Flickr Sandy beaches, Jamaica Q4 Image © Google Earth; Airbus, 2024