Unit 1: Water, Landforms

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Unit 1 Water, Landforms People
CW
3rd September 2004
Introducing-
The Hydrosphere

• Lesson Aims
• To explain what you will be doing in GCSE
  Geography
• To start the first unit

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2004-2006 Schedule

• We have got to get through 4 units and 2 pieces
  of coursework in 18 months, plus mock exams, plus
  revision time
• Time is short, so we have to keep up with the
  following schedule
• Water, Landforms People
• Climate, the Environment and People
• People, Work Development
• People Place
• The 15 Fieldwork will take place in June
• The 10 Coursework will take place next October

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The Hydrosphere

• The part of the Earths environment where water
  is found
• Finite and non-renewable resource
• Where do we find the water in the world?

In pairs, come up with the answer to this
question- jot all your answers down in the back
of your books
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Sea
Rivers
Ice
Where is the water in the world?
Lakes
Underground
Humans
Precipitation
The Earths surface is 70 water. So are we!
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So what is all this water doing?

• Staying still
• Moving
• Flowing
• Recycling
• Raining
• Evaporating

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So what is all this water doing?

• We call all this The Hydrological (Water) Cycle
• Within this we identify-
• Inputs
• Stores
• Flows
• Outputs

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The Hydrological Cycle

• Using the Key Geography Text book-
• Make a detailed copy of the Diagram on page 12

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The Hydrological Cycle

• Tasks-
• Make a detailed copy of the Water cycle (Page 12)
• Answer Activities 1 (Page 13)

Homework- Learn Key words from the Water Cycle
and Activity 1 for test next lesson
Conclusion - 3 things Ive learnt today are