Everyday Geography

Match the following:

• Voluntary activity undertaken for purposes of enjoyment, pleasure and personal satisfaction.

• Neighbourhood

• Animals of a wild nature including their young or eggs.

• Recreation

• Group of people in a particular place with a sense of belonging both to the place and to the group.

• Community

• A sub-division of an urban area of some character or quality, where residents share commonalities.

• Wildlife

• Refers to a natural environment and areas are untouched or barely affected by humans.

• Nature area

Match the following:

• Any activity to protect, conserve and restore natural habitats and species.

• Environmental protection

• Substance that is present in concentrations that may harm humans, plants and animals.

• Pollution

• The introduction of harmful substances into the environment.

• Pollutant

• The collection of plant life that provides ground cover in a region.

• Vegetation

• Soil particles being detached, transported and deposited by water, wind, gravity, animals or plants.

• Soil erosion

Local communities and nearby nature areas

• are dependent upon each other.

• are independent upon each other.

• mutually affect each other.

• do not mutually affect each other.

Nature brings benefits to people by:

• Lowering temperatures.

• Removing pollutants.

• Providing space for recreation.

• All of the options.

People bring benefits to nature through community activities that promote the importance of environmental protection.

• True

• False

People bring disadvantages to nature by

• Causing soil erosion and damaging vegetation.

• Worsening pollution.

• Disturbing wildlife

• All of the options.

Nature may bring disadvantage to people as

• wildlife from nearby nature areas may harm people.

• environmental protection may limit development.

• both of the options.

Natural provides essentials like air and w___________ for humans to survive.

Nature provides spaces for r________ and leisure activities which allows people to bond with their family and friends, thus helping to maintain humans' physical and mental well-being.

People in the n__________ may tend to the health of nearby nature areas, ensuring the plants and animals living there to thrive.