Starter quiz
- Which of these are physical geographical features?
- canals
- glaciers ✓
- mountains ✓
- roads
- rivers ✓
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- How many continents are there on Earth?
- five
- six
- seven ✓
- eight
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- How many oceans are there on Earth?
- three
- four
- five ✓
- six
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- A ______ is a place where people live and sometimes work.
- 'settlement' ✓
- What are natural resources?
- materials that serve no use to humans
- materials that are produced by humans
- materials that are produced by the environment that humans can make use of ✓
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- A ______ is an area as well as its landform and features, which can be seen when viewed from another place.
- 'landscape' ✓
Exit quiz
- What is a person called who studies Earth's physical environments and human habitats?
- a meteorologist
- a scientist
- a mathematician
- a geographer ✓
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- Knowledge is ...
- information you have learned.
- facts and figures.
- things you understand.
- all of the above. ✓
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- What do geographers study?
- Earth’s natural features and the processes that have shaped them
- the people who live on our planet
- how people interact with the environment
- all of the above ✓
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- In physical geography you might study ...
- cities and towns.
- rivers and oceans. ✓
- volcanoes and earthquakes. ✓
- global transport.
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- In human geography you might study ...
- natural hazards such as volcanic eruptions.
- coastlines and the processes that happen there.
- cities, towns and settlements. ✓
- roads, railways and how people travel around the world. ✓
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- What is an environment?
- just the buildings and roads in an area
- just the plants and animals living in a place
- a biome
- all the living and the non-living things in an area ✓
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Key learning points
- Geography is a diverse subject that helps us to make sense of the world around us.
- Reflecting on prior learning can help us to develop new knowledge and skills.
- Geography is important in many different ways.
Common misconception
Geography is only something we learn at school.
Geography is all around us. We might learn it in school, at home and in many other places.
Keywords
Geographer - A geographer studies Earth's physical environments and human habitats.
Reflect - To reflect is to think very carefully about something.
Skills - Having skills means using your knowledge and learning to do a task or activity well.
Knowledge - Knowledge is information, facts, things you have learned and understand.
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