Introducing Junior Certificate Geography

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Key Words

• The Earth is the planet we live on• Resources are useful things• The atmosphere is the layer of gases

around the Earth• The population is the people who live in an

area• ‘Interdependent’ means depending on

each other

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Geography is the study of:

• The Earth• The people or population who live on it

• How the population effects the earth

• How the Earth effects the population

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What do people need to survive?

A B

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What do people need to survive?

A. ____________________________________

B. ____________________________________

C. ____________________________________

D. ____________________________________

E. ____________________________________

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What people need to survive

Food Air

LoveShelterWater

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Where do people get what they need?

A B

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Where do people get what they need?

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Activity 2

Where do people get what they need?

Food ____________________________________

Water ___________________________________

Air _____________________________________

Shelter __________________________________

Security, support, love ______________________

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People get what they need from:

• The Earth’s resources- food from soil- water from rivers- building materials from rocks

and forests - air from the atmosphere

• Other people- security, support, love

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Spaceship Earth

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Spaceship Earth

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Spaceship Earth

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Spaceship Earth

• The earth is like a spaceship• It has resources to support life• The crew is the world’s population• The population depends on the earth• If we destroy the earth’s resources,

we destroy our future • The Earth and its population are

interdependent

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Activity 3

Explain how the Earth is like a spaceship.

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Why must we look after the Earth?

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Fill in the missing words in the passage below.

The __________ is the planet we live on. The useful things the Earth has are called __________. The layer of gases around the Earth is called the _______________. The population of an area is all the _______________ who live in the area. The Earth and its population depend on one another. They are said to be _________________.

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