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1. Physical geography: What our planet is like.
2. Human geography: How and where we live.
3. Our impact on our environment.
Three big themes in geography:
1. Change: Actions done by humans or naturally.
2. Impact: Having impact which can be better or worse.
3. Inequality: When wealth and opportunity is not fairly
shared.
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1. Maps: Drawings of places as if from above.
2. Compass: Tells you direction.
3. Photographs (which can be divide into photos and aerial
photos).
A. Photos: A great way to explore a place.
B. Aerial Photos: Photos taken from the air.
4. Satellite images: An image captured by one of the
observations satellite that orbit Earth.
5. Goggle Earth: A program that you download from the
internet and shows maps, satellite images, photos, and 3D
images.
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6. GIS: Geographic information system, used to display and
analyse data.
7. Atlas: A map.
1.4
-Gorge: A narrow valley with steep slides.
-Natural resources a resource such as water, oil, soil, or
sunshine, which occurs in nature and in which we can make
use of.
-Five natural resources found in lronbrige gorge are coal,
limestone, iron ore, different clays, wood, and river.
-Wood used for building and fuel.
-River used for transportation.
-Coal used for fuel
-Limestone used for building
-Clays used for making pottery and clay pipes.
-In 1709 Abraham Darby found a way to extract iron using
Coke from coal instead of charcoal.
-In 1781 a cast of Iron Bridge was opened across a river by
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-The steep slopes of the gorge meant it was not easy to
access the area, or industries and towns to grow.
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1.5
-Comand words these words tell you how to answer
questions.
[Link]: Do some maths, to get the answer.
[Link] and complete: Copy this, by filling the blanks.
[Link]: Write down the meaning.
[Link]: Come up with an answer, from what you have
learned already.
[Link]: Pick out a thing, and give it a name.
[Link]: Write the name of the thing, you are asked about.
[Link]: Give the answer in clear terms.
[Link]: Come up with a possible answer.
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[Link]: Identify what is same, and what is different,
about two things.
10. Describe: Write a description.
11. Draw: Draw.
12. Explain: Give reasons why something is the way it is.
13. Justify: Give reasons to support the choice or decision
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you made.
14. Label: Add labels.
15. Outline: Set out the main points.
