The Nature of Geography What Do Geographers Do? Volcanologist A volcanologist is a geographer who specialises in working with volcanoes. Their responsibilities range from observing volcanic eruptions‚ to monitoring volcanoes‚ to analysing samples of rock from volcanoes and even predicting when the next eruption of a dormant volcano may occur. In a typical day of a volcanologist‚ one analyse data collected by others and manipulate it with the use of a computer. On the other hand‚ a volcanologist
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Contents of a Geography SBA • The Aim (or Aims) of the study ? • Methodology • Analysis and discussion • Location maps • Conclusion • Bibliography • Appendix There is a particular order in which the report must be done for presentation. This is as follows: 1. Title page 2. Strategy sheet 3. Table of contents 4. Location map(s) 5. Aim of the study 6. Method of data collection 7. Presentation of data 8. Conclusion
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all of the secrets it holds. The Earth is constantly changing‚ shifting and exposing new secrets for us to wonder at; It is that curiosity that captures and fuels my imagination. I am currently studying Geography‚ Maths‚ Art and Welsh Baccalaureate at A-level. Studying Geography has provided me with the analytical skills‚ gained through writing essays and oral presentations‚ needed for my degree. It has heightened my interests for the subject; challenging me to provide an answer for each
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Examine the factors affecting the development of landforms of coastal deposition (25). Coastal environment is the dynamic interface between land and sea with many distinctive coastal landforms‚ given rise by a range of physical processes‚ including deposition. Beaches are landforms of deposition. Its development is affected by wave characteristics‚ specifically constructive wave. They have long wavelengths are long and wave height often less than one metre. The breaking waves have low levels
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2 *57-77 Lecture 2 Sept. 11‚ 2012 Our task as geographers: to write about the earth - We are interesting in spatial variation - What do we mean by spatial variation? In order to study our world we must speak the language of geography - How things differ across space (spatial variation) o Ie: suburbs of Hamilton higher scores of economic‚ health and social factors‚ older part of city in lower part - Space: areal extent on the earth’s surface; space can
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Introduction to Geography The world is getting smaller‚ we now live in a global village due to our enlarged technical skills. It is today as easy to fly from eg. Dublin to Rome as it was to travel from Dublin to Cork 150 years ago‚ Not to mention flights to the moon & back. Geography has turned out to be the study of man in space. Between mass media and frequent travel the child is bombarded with impressions about the planet he lives on. In today’s world the child hears random words‚ names of
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Personal Statement “Geography is a subject which holds the key to the future”. This quote by TV geographer and comedian Michael Palin perfectly encompasses why I love geography. The fact that it is the geographers of the world who have the responsibility to predict and solve future global issues such as overpopulation‚ climate change and dwindling natural resources‚ both excites and inspires me. My geography teacher believed that geography is a global subject‚ made up of the four spheres of the
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GEO 373 Latin American Geographies Essay One There are quite a few imaginative geographies that can be found from many authors completing travel writings relating to Latin America. To fully understand where these writings are coming from‚ one must first know what is meant by ‘imaginative geographies.’ According to the author‚ Gareth Jones‚ imaginative geographies can be categorized by connections of global cultural flows as ethnoscapes‚ mediascapes‚ technoscapes‚ finanscapes and ideoscapes
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Unit 1 Vocabulary Valerie Kinnison Geography: study of people their environments‚ and their resources. The geography of the country affects many people. Location: position of a place on the earth’s surface Location of a city can affect what type of people lives there. Latitude: distance north or south of the equator The low latitude areas receive more sunlight. Longitude: distance east or west of the prime meridian Longitude lines run perpendicular to the latitude lines. Export: goods
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DBQ- Why Study Geography? Math‚ science‚ reading‚ and writing are some of the main core subjects that most kids think are most important and valuable than the subject geography. Sometimes we say that geography is not that important to kids like us and that we don’t need to worry about it as much. That’s when some of us ask‚ what is the value of geography to modern kids like us today? There are three reasonable answers to it which is: Americans are bad at geography; without geography‚ a bad future
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