Download 5 Themes Of Geography

5 THEMES OF
GEOGRAPHY
5 THEMES CREATED IN 1984 GIVE
GEOGRAPHERS A FRAMEWORK FOR
THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY
• Location
• Place
a) Physical characteristics
b) Human characteristics
• Human/Environmental interaction
• Movement
• Regions
LOCATION
• Where in the world is something located?
• Relative or Absolute
• Relative:
Victoria B.C. is at the southeast tip of Vancouver
Island.
• Absolute:
the exact global position of Victoria in latitude and
longitude
(You house address is the absolute location of where
you live)
PLACE
• What is the place like?
• Every place has its own unique characteristics.
• Human and physical human characteristics are
included
• Physical characteristics: landforms, vegetation,
water, soil, climate and the animals that inhabit a
place
• Human characteristics: includes what people have
done to change the place by building homes and
making a living
HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL
INTERACTION
• People have to modify their living based on the
challenges of the physical environment
• Some examples are:
• build shelters, divert water to or from our homes,
build structures to control the flood waters of rivers,
treat sewage…etc
MOVEMENT
• The world is Flat
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Resources and trade
Animals and people migrate to find food/survive
Birds/fish fly or salmon
Wind patterns, ocean currents and tides, tectonic
plates lava flows glaciers make our planet active
REGIONS
Physical Geography: mountain ranges, biomes
deserts or rainforests
Agricultural regions are often defined by a specific
crop eg)Wheat belt
Helps geographers to better understand how humans
have adapted to living in varied conditions around
the world
PLANETARY SPHERES
• Lithosphere- Earth’s outer layer it includes the
top part of the mantle and all of the crust 100 km
thick.
• Hydrosphere – All water in all forms, solid, liquid
gas on eather
• Atmosphere- thin layer of odourless colourless
tasteless gases surrounding the earth.
• Biosphere- Outer thin layer below, on and
above the Earth’s surface where life forms exist “Life
Layer” includes all living things
ACTIVITY# 1
Make a page diagram representing the 4 major
spheres/5
a)Identify each sphere
b) List Its characteristics
c)How each sphere can be connected? (1
sentence)
B)Think of one influence humans have on each
sphere.
BIOSPHERE
• As a system Sustains life
 Gases present in the atmosphere, minerals in lithosphere and water
in Hydrosphere all interact to make life in Biosphere
• Complex planetary ecosystem
 Ecosystems are resilient and fragile
 Everything is connected
Take a look at the handout
READ PAGES 115-117
• Draw a picture to illustrate the relationship between
Biotic and Abiotic relationships
• How is an ecosystem and the 4spheres alike?
• What human interaction could create a problem
with the carbon cycle? And what sphere would be
effected?
BIOSPHERE
BIOMES
• After reading chapter 30-35 you will create an
Awareness pamphlet about how humans have a
damaging influence on our atmosphere.
You will work on your own
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Choose a Biome:30-37
What are the characteristics of that place?
How is the vegetation and soil of the area?
What human interaction could be a problem in this
area? How might it effect other areas?
ASSIGNMENT #5
BIOMES
• There is a world map on page 119 showing the
different biomes of the world. You will read pg119139 and you will be assigned a region/biome• Your pamphlet must have:
 Outline the Characteristics of your assigned region
 Include vegetation- what and how it has adapted to the climate.
 Describe the climate- characteristics and issues or problems.
 Describe its soil and its characteristics.
 You will have to analyze the interaction between human activity within
the Biomes with reference to Deforestation, desertification soil
degradation and species depletion.
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NEXT CLASS
You will present and hand out your pamphlet about your
biome (less than 5min presentation to your group
members.
• The rest of your group members will take notes and
evaluate you on your presentation.
• Everyone will be responsible to read 119-139 to be sure
they understand all the material.
• Once all presentations and pamphlets cover every
Biome- you will do Unit 4 questions
• I will do a review to prepare you for the test.
YOUR TEST IS ON TUESDAY
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- you will have pamphlets on each biome
- you will have a review. Q15& practice questions
- you will have the Q & A 1-14
- you will have read and reviewed the pages 119139