INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHYINTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY

What isGeography

?

Why is Geography important?

What can I remember

about Geography

from primary school?

What is Geography?What is Geography?

Geography is the study of all physical features of Geography is the study of all physical features of the Earth’s surface, including its climate and the the Earth’s surface, including its climate and the distribution of plants, animals and human lifedistribution of plants, animals and human life

There are three main parts to geography. These There are three main parts to geography. These are physical, human and environmentalare physical, human and environmental

What is Physical Geography?What is Physical Geography?

Physical geography Physical geography is the study of the is the study of the earth’s natural earth’s natural features. It is about features. It is about the land and the sea the land and the sea and the atmosphere and the atmosphere around us (weather around us (weather and climate), the and climate), the landforms, hazards landforms, hazards (floods, drought, (floods, drought, volcanic eruptions and volcanic eruptions and earthquakes)earthquakes)

What is Human Geography?What is Human Geography?

Human Geography Human Geography is the study of is the study of where and how where and how people live:people live:

PopulationPopulation SettlementSettlement CommunicationsCommunications EconomicEconomic Quality of lifeQuality of life

What is Environmental Geography?What is Environmental Geography?

The The environment environment is the combination is the combination of the physical of the physical environment and environment and the human. It is the the human. It is the study of the study of the surroundings in surroundings in which people, which people, plants and animals plants and animals livelive

What is Environmental Geography?What is Environmental Geography? The environment The environment

includes naturalincludes natural resourcesresources such as such as coal, iron, forests or coal, iron, forests or waterwater

Sometimes people use Sometimes people use them to their them to their advantage, but people advantage, but people often misuse these often misuse these resources by using resources by using them up (minerals), by them up (minerals), by destroying them (soils, destroying them (soils, forests) or polluting forests) or polluting them (rivers, seas on them (rivers, seas on the air)the air)

Why is Geography important? Why is Geography important? What does Geography mean to me?What does Geography mean to me?

> To study Geography is the opportunity for > To study Geography is the opportunity for discovering the world around usdiscovering the world around us

> People are very concerned with their quality of life> People are very concerned with their quality of life

> There is now a growing concern over the quality of > There is now a growing concern over the quality of the environment and how it may be conserved while the environment and how it may be conserved while at the same time being made as useful as possibleat the same time being made as useful as possible

What are we going to find out What are we going to find out about in Geography in ESO1?about in Geography in ESO1?

Topic One: The Earth in Space

Topic Two: Elements of Natural Environment

Topic Three: Natural Environments and Resources

Topic Four: Natural Disasters in each Continent –Droughts, Floods, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Topic Five: Natural Hazards and Human Action