This document provides definitions and concepts related to geography. Geography is defined as the study of the Earth and its features. It can be divided into two main categories: physical geography, which describes the natural environment and landscape, and human geography, which focuses on human activities and culture. Geography is linked to both natural sciences like geology and social sciences like economics. The document also provides an overview of the solar system, identifying the planets and other celestial bodies. It divides planets into inner terrestrial planets like Earth and outer gaseous planets like Jupiter. Life on Earth is supported by energy from the sun, the atmosphere, and presence of water.
This document provides definitions and concepts related to geography. Geography is defined as the study of the Earth and its features. It can be divided into two main categories: physical geography, which describes the natural environment and landscape, and human geography, which focuses on human activities and culture. Geography is linked to both natural sciences like geology and social sciences like economics. The document also provides an overview of the solar system, identifying the planets and other celestial bodies. It divides planets into inner terrestrial planets like Earth and outer gaseous planets like Jupiter. Life on Earth is supported by energy from the sun, the atmosphere, and presence of water.
This document provides definitions and concepts related to geography. Geography is defined as the study of the Earth and its features. It can be divided into two main categories: physical geography, which describes the natural environment and landscape, and human geography, which focuses on human activities and culture. Geography is linked to both natural sciences like geology and social sciences like economics. The document also provides an overview of the solar system, identifying the planets and other celestial bodies. It divides planets into inner terrestrial planets like Earth and outer gaseous planets like Jupiter. Life on Earth is supported by energy from the sun, the atmosphere, and presence of water.
This document provides definitions and concepts related to geography. Geography is defined as the study of the Earth and its features. It can be divided into two main categories: physical geography, which describes the natural environment and landscape, and human geography, which focuses on human activities and culture. Geography is linked to both natural sciences like geology and social sciences like economics. The document also provides an overview of the solar system, identifying the planets and other celestial bodies. It divides planets into inner terrestrial planets like Earth and outer gaseous planets like Jupiter. Life on Earth is supported by energy from the sun, the atmosphere, and presence of water.
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Lesson 1: Definition and Concept of Geography
Geography deals mainly with the study of space.
- comes from the Greek words geo and graphein. geo means Earth graphein means to write aout or to descrie - it means to write aout or to descrie the Earth. - the study of the Earth as the home of mankind !ome "asic #nderstandings and $oncepts aout Geography 1. Geography is the study of the areal differentiation of the Earth%s surface. &. Geography is the study of the natural relationships etween people and their en'ironment. (. Geography is the study of the physical features of the Earth%s surface and the 'arious human acti'ities that take place on it. a. )hysical Geography descries and e*plains the distriution of the natural features of the Earth and defines the regions that are continually affected y forces and processes in nature. . +uman Geography deals with the distriution of people, their cultural attriutes and their acti'ities on the Earth%s surface. Geography is linked with the study of the: 1. -atural !ciences geology, iology, astronomy, meteorology, pedology and oceanography. &. !ocial !ciences - history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology and psychology. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lesson &: The Earth in Space !olar !ystem 1. )lanets a. .ercury - planet closest to the !un. /t is also the smallest planet in our !olar !ystem. -o moons. . 0enus -o moons. c. Earth third planet from the !un. /t is aout 112, 222, 222 kilometers 34(,222,222 miles5 away from the !un. /t has one moon. d. .ars /t has & moons. e. 6upiter /t is the largest planet. /t has 17 moons. f. !aturn /t has 18 moons. g. #ranus /t has 11 moons. h. -eptune - /t has 8 moons. &. .oons (. 9steroids (. $omets :. )articles of ;usts 1. .olecules of Gases and 9toms <he planets in the solar system can e di'ided into two groups: 1. /nner )lanets= <errestrial )lanets - the first four planets from the !un 3.ercury, 0enus, Earth and .ars5. - <hese are the dense and solid planets. &. >uter )lanets=6o'ian )lanets - the other four planets 36upiter, !aturn, #ranus and -eptune5 - these are the planets hat are gaseous - they ha'e deep atmospheres that thicken into hot li?uid until they reach the core Life on our )lanet Earth is possile ecause of: 1. the energy coming from the !un@ - !olar radiation that reaches makes possile the process of photosynthesis. &. the layers of gaseous elements that comprise the atmosphere@ and (. the odies of water 3hydrosphere5 that add to the life support system of the planet Earth Sst 101 Geography AD 1 st Sem 2014-2015