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Geography Introduction

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class

Date

What is Geography?

The study of people who analyse the Earth's features

The study of types of plants and animals in an area

The study of the world around us

The study of simplified plans of an area

__________ can be natural (that is, shaped by the environment and largely untouched by humans) or built (that is, constructed by humans).

Change

Interconnection

Place

Sustainability

The concept of __________ refers to different spatial levels, from small areas (such as a local park) to very large areas (such as use of oil and coal all over the world). From smallest to largest, this concept investigates areas which are local, regional, national, international and global.

Change

Scale

Interconnection

Sustainability

Some ________________ are natural such as deserts, grasslands, mountains, coral reefs, forests, oceans and ice caps. Others are known as built (or human) and include large cities, towns, suburbs and vast areas of farmland.

Change

Sustainability

Interconnection

Environment

Geographers are...

Creative

Curious

Cool

Calculated

Geographers use the concept of __________________ to better understand the complex links between natural and human processes that shape our earth. Natural processes include the water cycle. Human activities include the movement of people, the production and trade of goods, and the flow of money between countries.

Interconnection

Space

Environment

Change

The concept of __________________ refers to the ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life.

Place

Change

Sustainability

Scale

The concept of ____________ helps us to understand that the world is a dynamic place which doesn't stay the same. ___________ can occur in a small, local and quick way such as a tree falling over or a creek flooding. Regional and national _________ includes earthquakes and tsunamis. Whereas global ___________ may take much longer such as global warming.

Sustainability

Interconnection

Space

Change

____________ refers to location (where things are located on the Earth's surface), spatial distribution (the shapes and patterns in which things are arranged), and organisation (how and why things are arranged and managed by people).

Change

Place

Space

Sustainability

10.

Geographers look at...

Their favourite plans

Features of the sky

Features of the Earth

Features of plants

11.

Some features of the Earth include...

Size, Animals, Rocks and Land Significance

Size, People, Future Children

Size, Animals, Sky, Planets

Size, Rocks, Animals, Historians

12.

What is 'Geographical Inquiry'

Making predictions about the climate

Stages that geographers follow to guide their investigations

Software application designed to capture imformation

Questions that help geographers plan

13.

What is 'Climate Change' ?

Accepted idea that Earth's climate is warming up due to pollution and overpopulation

The background, nationality or culture of a person or group of people

The dynamic nature of all processes on Earth, whether slow or fast, small or large

specific place on Earth and all the things, both living and non-living, that are there

14.

What is a Tsunami?

ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life

Volume of fresh water used to produce a product

An earthquake caused by underwater currents

A giant ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake

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Geography Introduction

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

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