Florida
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Location
Absolute-28.1000° N, 81.6000° W
Relative- North of Cuba, South of Georgia, and West of Louisiana
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Place
Physical characteristics:
Florida is a peninsula. The Florida Keys are a collection of around 1700 islands.
Photo by knick_knack55
Place
Human characteristics:
Walt Disney World and a population of 19.9 million people.
This is147,000 residents more than New York!
Photo by wbeem
Movement
Most people in Florida are migrants. Only 30.5% of people were born in the state.
Tourism is important to Florida. Forty million people go there yearly.
Photo by nattu
Human-Environment Interaction
E2P- Climate change affects the water rising, harder/more rain, and stronger hurricanes.
P2E- Over fishing is a problem in the Florida Keys. Tourists have depleted entire species of fish.
Photo by Ani Carrington
Region
Florida is a state in North America. It is in the South East region.
Photo by Vince Alongi
Fun facts!!
Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.
Photo by JeepersMedia
Miami Beach pharmacist Benjamin Green invented the first suntan cream in 1944. He accomplished this project by cooking cocoa butter in a granite coffee pot on his wife's stove.
Photo by Phillip Pessar
