GEOGRAPHY

Geographical Concepts

Place- place is apart of the earths surface that is identified and given meaning by the people. Places can be naturally shaped by the environment and largely unchanged by the humans, or built constructed by humans,

Space- Space is a way that things are arranged on the earths surface. Geographers look for patterns in the way features and structures are arranged:
Location- where things are located on the earths surface.
Organisation- how and why things are arranged and managed on the earths surface by the people.
Spatial Distribution- the shapes and patterns in which things are arranged on the earths surface

Environment: the living and non living components and elements that make up an area and the ways things are organised in a system.
Geographers are interested in investigating and describing the relationships between people and the environment

Interconnection geographers use this concept to better understand the links between places and people, and how these interconnection affect the environment and they way we live

Sustainability the ongoing capacity of the earth to maintain all life. Developing ways to ensure the earths resources being used and managed responsibly so they can maintain for future generations.
Oil, Coal and natural gas (non-renewable) (will run out one day).
Wind, Forest, Solar, Water (renewable) (can be replaced naturally)

Change- helps us understand what is happening around us and to see he world as a dynamic place. Change in both time and space allows geographers to examine how environments develop, transforms or disappears.
this could be Positive or Negative

Scale- used to guide geographical inquiries. Large or Small. For example, something that affects a whole country. Such as a serve drought, would involve a study at the nation scale.

Four-figure area references

The horizontal lines on the grid are called NORTHINGS and they increase in value as you move NORTHwards

In order to locate a particular square, find the bottom left-hand corner and write down the numbers of the lines which pass through the corner

The vertical lines on the grid are called EASTINGS and they increase in value as you move EASTwards.

Four-figure area references are used to identify and locate particular squares on a map. To create four-figure area references you use the grid lines on a map

Geography Skills

Physical Features -
features on the land which are natural
-school
-house
-buildings

Cultural Features -
features of the land which were built by humans
-wave rock
-rivers
-Uluru

BOLTSS
B- Boarder O-Orientation L- Legend
T-Title
S-Scale
S-Source

Biomes

-Scientists have developed the term Biome to describe areas on the Earth with similar climate, plants, and animals. The plants and animals that live in a specific biome are physically well adapted for that area.

they all include, location, description, plants and anaimals.

Biomes- Desert, Grassland, Tropical Rainforest, Boreal forest, Tundra, Aquatic

Oceans and Continets

North America

South America

Antractica

Africa

Europe

Asia

Australia

Continents

Oceans

Pacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

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Climate

Climate is the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Latitude effects climate by the position of the sun

Polar, Temperate, Arid, Tropical, Mediterranean, Mountains

Tropical
• Around the Equator we have tropical climates which are hot and humid, this is where you’ll find the world’s rainforests.

Arid
•Then there are arid or dry climates – like you’d find in deserts.

Mediterranean
•Next is Mediterranean with hot dry summers, and cooler wetter winters.

Temperate
•Then there are temperate climates. That’s what we have in the UK, where summers are mild and winters aren’t too cold.

Continental
•In areas that are a very long way from the sea, the climate is continental with long, cold winters and short, hot summers.

Polar
• Finally, there’s polar climates which experience long periods of extreme cold.

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Food

where does our food come from

The digital divide During your lifetime, the Internet and other digital technologies have become the most powerful tools of connection the world has ever known . In some places there are more computers and mobile phones than there are people, while in other places these devices are still uncommon. These differences are known as the digital divide.