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CLIMATOLOGY ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
WEATHER, CLIMATE AND NATURAL REGIONS
Weather is the atmosphere condition of an area recorded within a short period of time which can be day after...
TOPIC 3: SPACE DYNAMIC ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 6
WEATHER AND CLIMATE
(a) Difference between weather and climate
There is a slight difference between weather and climate. Weather refers to as the actual state of...
TOPIC 5: REGIONAL FOCAL STUDIES ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 6
REGIONAL FOCAL STUDIES
1. ENVIROMENTAL FRIENDLY TOURISM
Tourism can be regarded as the movement of people away from home to other places of interests for leisure,...
TOPIC 4: POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 6
TOPIC 4: POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 6
POPULATION STUDIES
Population studies is broadly defined as the scientific study of human populations. Major areas studied include broad population dynamics; fertility and...
TOPIC 5 : SIMPLE SURVEY AND MAP MAKING ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
INTRODUCTION TO SURVEYING
Surveying is an art or a science of measuring and recording distances, shape and heights in the field on the earth surface...
TECHNIQUES (CONSIDERATIONS) SPECIFIC DETAILS INTERPRETATION ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
TECHNIQUES (CONSIDERATIONS) SPECIFIC DETAILS INTERPRETATION ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
RELIEF
Relief refers to the physical appearance of an area by contrasting landforms. Relief features...
PHOTOGRAPHS OVERLAPING, PHOTOGRAMMERTRY, MAP MAKING AND DIAGRAMS SKETCHING ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
PHOTOGRAPHS OVER LAPPING
It becomes difficult for a single photographic view as a respective photograph to cover the very huge part of land space at...
IMAGE DISPLACEMENTS, SCALE DISTORTION AND PARTS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 &...
IMAGE DISPLACEMENTS
(PARALLAX)
On some photographs, the images of objects do not appear uprightly vertical as are in real life. They are observed to appear displaced...
PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs are the true image pictures showing truly appearance of the earth’s surface objectives on the flat bodies of special pieces of...
TOPIC 2: FIELD RESEARCH STRATEGIES ~ GEOGRAPHY FORM 5
Characteristics of research
Characteristics of research include the following:
Empirical – research is based on direct experience or observation by the researcher.
Logical – research is based...
TOPIC 3: POSITION BEHAVIORS AND STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5
GLOBE Is the model of the earth
Earth Is ball of rock partly covered by water, land, air and living organism
Origin of the earth (cosmological...
GLACIATIONS ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
GLACIATIONS
It appears that roughly every 200 – 250 million years in the earth’s history, there have been major periods of ice activity. Of these...
WAVE ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
WAVE
WAVE ACTION AND THE FEATURES IT PRODUCES.
-Is the horizontal movement of ocean water, in the movement process it does the following three main works:...
RIVER ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
RIVER
Mass of water flowing in a natural channel over the earth surface from the high land to low land under the influence of gravity.
TYPES...
EXTERNAL FORCES ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
EXOGENETIC FORCES WHICH SCULPTURE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
These are external forces. They operate on the surface of the earth.
a) Denudation:Â Â
These are destructive forces...
INTERNAL FORCES ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
INTERNAL FORCE
Earth movements;
a) Lateral and Vertical movements
Diastrophism:Â Is the movement of the solid crust (lithosphere which is made up of upper mantle and crust).The movement...
MATERIALS OF THE EARTH ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
MATERIALS OF THE EARTH’S CRUST
What is an element?
A substance which cannot be split into simple substances by physical or chemical means. Elements are made...
THEORY OF PLATE TECTONIC ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
PLATE TECTONIC THEORY (Unifying theory)
It takes the combination of theory of theory of isostasy, continental drift and ocean floor spreading.
According to this theory, the...
THEORY OF ISOSTACY ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
THEORY OF ISOSTASY
Denudation has been going on the continents where tons and tons of materials are removed from mountains and hills and get deposited...
THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT ~ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FORM 5 & 6
According to his theory about 280 million years, the present day continents were united in a single block called Pangaea and surrounded by ocean...
