happens on the ground, or above it, including how people live and use the land Geology studies the earth's content, like the plates that form it and how they move. Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth, including how humans affect the earth and are affected by it. dealswith physical aspects of the earth: the composition, the layers of the earth, the atmosphere, the plants and animals, mountains, rivers, and other landforms. Human Geography deals with the study of people and there communities, cultures, economics and interactions. It is also study the relationship between Human Societies. Physical geography is the study of natural features and phenomena on the planet's surface and our interactions with them. These features include vegetation, climate, the local water cycle, and land formations 1. Land Formation 2. Soil 3. Water Access 4. Climate 1. Land formation it is the physical shape of an area and the several processes that help form that shape.
One process that makes a big impact is
plate tectonics: the movements of crustal plates on the Earth's surface. These plates are constantly sliding past and colliding into one another.. Plate movements can affect the availability of water by disrupting rivers and they disturb land formations that humans have settled on, like an earthquake ravaging a major city. Animals hunted by humans for food can be displaced as well, forcing people to move to another area to survive Soil carries out several functions that profoundly impact human activity. Soil recycles nutrients, regulates water quality, sustains life, and provides structural support for buildings.
. Without healthy soil, a previously fertile
area turns into a desert, making it difficult to sustain vegetation and prevent massive loss of life Soil doesn't just provide for agriculture, it also helps modern life because it contains minerals.
These minerals include ore, which
contains metals used for electronics and peat used for heating. People may move temporarily to more fertile areas to provide for their families, especially if they live in poorer countries like Kenya 3. Water Access
Wateris purified by evaporation into the
atmosphere, from where it falls back to land and the oceans through rainfall. All humans need water to survive 4. Climate
-is the pattern of variation in
temperature, humidity, and pressure over an area for long periods of time. Location is kind of like the first step in understanding an aspect of the earth and involves providing a reference to describe where a particular place is on the earth. .
This could be an absolute location, where
a location is based on a definitive reference that rarely changes, such as latitude or longitude, or an address. Place is a description of the physical and human characteristics of the location being studied. Farming Human Environmental Interactions can be defined as interactions between the human social system and (the “rest” of) the ecosystem.
• Human social systems and ecosystems
are complex adaptive systems Coevolution and Coadaptation
Theterms coevolution and
coadaptation describe the never- ending process of mutual adjustment and change between human social systems and the environment. Regions: How They Form and Change. The essential geographic feature is the region.
• A region is any unit of space that is
unified by the presence of some characteristic. • The Corn Belt, stretching from Indiana to eastern Nebraska, is an area in which corn is a dominating product. The Corn Belt is a region within the United States. Movement: Humans Interacting on the Earth. The postmodern world is one of great interaction between places. This movement is inherently geographic, whether it is by telecommunications or ship. Eratosthenes is named the “father of geography”. That is because he used the word "Geography" And Treated It Like A Proper Subject.
• This was the first use
of the word, which literally means "writing about the earth" in Greek. Hecateaus who is considered to have studied Geography as a subject. But Geography is a subject which has been studied by many and overtime developed to what it is today. 1.Geography nurtures curiosity and wonder about the world. 2. Geography teaches global knowledge.
3.Geography teaches local knowledge.
4.teaches the connectedness of places.
5.Geography emphasises the significance
of place. 6.Geography develops an understanding of the interrelationships between the biophysical environment and people
7. Geography teaches spatial thinking and
spatial analytical skills .
9.Geography teaches holistic thinking
Geography produces informed citizens. Geography helps students to make sense of their own knowledge and experience of the world. Geography teaches a wide range of research skills. Geography helps develop identity Geography has career applications. A geographical way of understanding can be summarised as involving:
an understanding of the uniqueness of
places, as well as of the similarities between them
an awareness of the interconnectedness of
places, and of the consequences of these interconnections an appreciation of the place dependence of environmental and socioeconomic processes an understanding of the significance of location, distance and proximity an appreciation of the role of the biophysical environment in human life, and of the effects of human activities on that environment an ability to think about the world spatially an understanding of the value of using different scales to explore patterns and relationships an ability to think holistically in seeking answers to questions. Caparoso, Mary Kris