ENERGY SOURCES: CLASSIFICATION

MINING

 

 Environmental effects: changes to the land, on the surface and underground, pollution, destruction of the natural space.

MINING AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS

UNITE CONTENTS

1.- Raw material:

• Definition
• Origin
• Classification

2.-Mining:

• Definition
• Environmental effect. 

3.-Energy sources:

• Definition
• Types: renewable /non-renewable; traditional /alternatives

4.-Industry:

• Definition
• Historical developmen: First Industrial Revolution, Second Industrial Revolution, Information and Automation Revolution.
• Classification of industries: Base industries, capital goods industries, consumer goods industries.
• Factors for industrial location: Traditional factors/ current factors.
• Great industrial areas in the world.

 Industrial landscapes and environmental problems.

RAW MATERIALS



 

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Agricultural landscape is created when people modify natural areas  in order to use them for crop agriculture, livestock farming or forestry.

 

 It can be influenced by physical and human factors.

PHYSICAL FACTORS:

• Climate: temperatures and rainfall
• Relief: Sunny and shady sides of the mountains, incline of slopes, altitude.
• Soil: the more appropriate nutrients the soild has, the better it is for agriculture.

 

Plants need minimun temperatures (10ºC) and rainfall (between 900 and 1200 mm annually to grow)

 

Flat surfaces facilitate agricultural work and very steeps slopes make it more difficult.

 

Deep soil is more appropriate for the cultivation of  most crops because roots have more space to expand.

 

 

THE PRIMARY SECTOR

The primary sector consists of economic activities that obtain resources from nature. Those activities are: agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing and mining.

FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

Factors of production are the resources needed for creating 
 economic goods

PHASES OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: VIDEO

PHASES OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Products are goods obtained directly form nature or that have been turned into something.

 

 Services are activities carried out by humans to benefit society.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Economic activity is what is carried out by humans in order to acquiere goods (producs and services) that satisfy consumer needs.

ASIA

Asia is the largest of the world's continents, covering approximately 30% of the Earth's land area.
It is also the world's most populous continent, with roughly 60% of the total population.
Asia makes up the eastern portion of the Eurasian supercontinent; Europe occupies the western portion. The border between the two continents is debated. However, most geographers define Asia's western border as an indirect line that follows the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian and the Black Seas. Asia is bordered by the Arctic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

VIDEO OF AFRICA: ACTIVITIES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Where in the world is Africa?
2. How many times is Africa larger than The United States?
3. How is the savanna defined in the video?
4. Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?
5. Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?
6. Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?
7. The main natural resources mentioned in the video are .....

FIND THE MISSING WORDS

1.      Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to …………………………………………….. and 4 600 miles from ………………………………… all the way over to …………………………………………………

2.      Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that …………………………, you can see the same average ……………………………………. and average ……………………………….. what that means is that you also see very similar ………………………………………………………………living in that region.

3.      The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are ……………………………., like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are …………………………….. but in either case, the fact that it is very ……………… is going to make it a very difficult …………………………….. to cross.

4.      It is not the  …………….. itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the ………………………………… There are many different …………………………………………………. …………. That can be found in the ………………………………..   and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so ………………………… not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5.      The ………………………………….is the most famous river in Africa, because is the ………………………… river in the world. But there is also the ……………………………………………….. which is the  ………………………………….. longest river in the world.

6.      Africa actually has its own version of the …………………………………….. with famous lakes like Lake ……………………, lake ………………………………. and lake …………………………………………….

7.      All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an …………………………………….. land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any  ……………………………………. in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the ………………………………………………………. in northwestern Africa.

8.      Africa also has some interesting mountains like …………………………………………. , the highest ………………….. in Africa which seems to just ……………………. on it own out of the  ………………………………..

9.      The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is  literally, being …………………………. apart. There are some ………………………………………………….that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, ………………….. away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest ……………………………….. in Africa, but also lakes like …………………………………….. that is among the ……………………………. in the world.

SECOND TERM

CONTENTS:

• Physical and political Geography of Africa and Asia
• The State political organization
• How the Economy works
• Primary and secondary Economic sectors.

Those are the main contets we are working on during this term.

In this video you can see some of the most important features of Africa. Try to understand it because you will have to answer some questions based on the information it is giving you.