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LANDSCAPE AND ITS
FUNCTION
Výukový materiál EK 01 - 31
Tvůrce: Mgr. Alena Výborná
Tvůrce anglické verze: ThMgr. Ing. Jiří Foller
Projekt: S anglickým jazykem do dalších předmětů
Registrační číslo: CZ.1.07/1.1.36/03.0005
Tento projekt je spolufinancován ESF a SR ČR
LANDSCAPE SPHERE
AND ITS PARTS
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Earth´s crust
troposphere
stratosphere
hydrosphere
pedosphere
biosphere
cryosphere
socio-economic sphere
Landscape
(geographic)
sphere
EARTH´S CRUST
• the upper layer of lithosphere
TROPOSPHERE
• lower layer of atmosphere
• 90 % of all mass of atmosphere
• clouds and atmospheric rainfalls are produced
here
STRATOSPHERE
• the layer with maximal concentration of ozone
• it absorbs short wave (ultraviolet) radiation
• it protects life on the Earth
PEDOSPHERE
• soil cover of the Earth
• it develops by the activity of organisms and
rocks
BIOSPHERE
• a part of Earth´s crust, hydrosphere and
atmosphere together with plants and animals
• the most important part is concentrated near the
Earth´s surface – soil cover (the most
organisms)
CRYOSPHERE
• a part of lithosphere and hydrosphere in areas
where the temperature is long-term below zero
centigrade
• the water occurs here only in the solid state
• polar regions
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPHERE
• human society
• their signs, work, products and waste
LANDSCAPE
• a section of landscape sphere, which contains
parts of all geosphere is called LANDSCAPE
• it is a complex, territorial unit of different size
FUNCTION OF LANDSCAPE
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utility value:
humans live in the landscape
they travel in the landscape
aesthetic function:
each landscape has its own beauty
outlooks, views
FUNCTION OF LANDSCAPE
• stabilising functions:
• it is able to balance deflections of climate
• it can manage the water economics and
conservation
• keeping natural variability:
• it has a particular diversity
• the shape of the ground, soil types …
• it forms cultural identity:
• legends, folk traditions, original crafts…
Review:
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1. What is the landscape?
2. What is the function of the landscape?
3. What are the parts of landscape sphere?
4. The layer with maximal ozone concentration
is called …………………
• 5. Pedosphere is ………………..
Sources:
• BIČÍK, Ivan, Bohumír JANSKÝ, Hana SRBOVÁ a Václav CÍLEK. Přírodní
obraz Země: učebnice zeměpisu pro střední školy. 1. vyd. Praha:
Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 2001, 135 s. ISBN 80-8603445-3
• MATĚJKA, Dobroslav, Radek MIKULÁŠ, Václav ZIEGLER a Václav CÍLEK.
Přírodopis. 1. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 2000. ISBN 80-718-3204-9
• ŠTULC, Miloslav, Pavel PŘÍHODA, Hana SRBOVÁ a Václav CÍLEK.
Přírodní obraz Země: pro 1. ročník gymnázia. Vyd. 1. Praha: Fortuna, 1995,
135 s. ISBN 80-716-8189-X