Studying Geography: A Career In GCSE And A-Level

    Physical geography plays a significant part in the development and success of different people and countries. A country's location can greatly affect how that country does economically. For example, country’s near water typically do better economically than landlocked because water unlocks more trade opportunities. However, some landlocked countries can still do well because of it’s neighboring countries that may be located near water. Another example is the type of environment you’re located in. People in countries with a more agricultural based environment will live very differently than a country surrounded by desert that may focus on oil or minerals. Yet, some countries, like the U.S, are so big that they have many different climates, ecosystems, and environments; allowing for many different types of ways to make money, trade, and live.

Geography will never mean the same to me, the more I read the more I’ve learned it’ so much more than land and boundaries. What I’ve learned from this literature it seems to be the study of issues that affect people and the environment, and ways to solve the world’s problems. Geography is important because it affects all aspects of life. No matter what you are talking or thinking about geography is somehow involved. Everything in the world has a direct connection to place, location, interaction, movement, and region.

What most people will find surprising is the fact that the industrialized agricultural and food systems is a great contributor to global warming, as its carbon emission are increasing year after year. This is something that the general public is unaware of. There are several statistics that shows the grand scale of damage that this

If I were to read about climate change through a book, I wouldn’t understand how much ice was melting away; I wouldn’t be able to visualize the enormity of the glaciers, and their losses. I would probably dismiss the melting as “not a big deal, there are more important things to be done”. But watching the video allowed me

Vegetation: Places with plentiful variety of flora and fauna will have a higher population density than places with less variety and quantity. The quantity and quality of food and shelter, as well as the scenery, will have an impact on people’s choice when choosing to travel. (Interrelationships: There is an environmental impact as farmers want to have the best land for farming. They need to find areas with good soil and might possibly have to cut down trees to make room for the

In chapter five, we discussed several things on geography such as: ecology, the interaction of geography, demography, and environment. In the textbook they defined ecology as “the science concerned with the interactions between living things and their environment.” Human ecology which “is the part of ecology that deals with the way in which human societies adjusts to their environment. Ecological balance “is the term applied to the state achieved when plant or animal species, with its own characteristics and needs, has adjusted to its environment and survived, and when other species, which have likewise adjusted to the environment, prevent it from expanding indefinitely and from crowding them out. The environment is the sum `of all the external influences that impinge on the human organism. Geography is a social science that focuses on the spatial

This New York Times Bestseller is very informative and influential which was imperative because most of our population does not understand the significance of climate change and our world dying out. With the knowledge and help of several other

Geographers are known to be outgoing and eccentric. Participating in various outbound activities such as AYP and Green fingers has given me a greater understanding of the beauty and fragility of physical geography, while developing my various attributes including leadership, open-minded and a calculated risk-taker. My participation in the Duke of Edinburgh award can be accredited to my pursuit of Geography, by traversing the natural environment I was able to practice several geographical theories and witness the fragility of ecosystems. In Green Fingers, it was the initiative of me and my fellow peers to teach the lower school about the importance of biodiversity protection and the fragility of different biomes. My passion for environmental protection was evident during this period as I instructed at a personal level, this not only improve my general leadership skills as well as my confidence In promoting ideas that might seem aggressive but beneficial. I believe by integrating the knowledge of subjects such as Design Technology, Physics and Geography it is possible to greater understand the theories around us while being able through practical application to tackle many pressing issues concering the 21st century society. Physics have given me a greater understanding for the physical processes that occur in nature and how numbers can be used to describe processes and reactions , I feel that this can accredit my understanding of

“The reason why this is important is because the amount of moisture that the atmosphere is demanding due to human-caused global warming is rising,” remarked A. Park Williams, a bioclimatologist at Columbia University, and lead author of the study. “And it’s rising steadily such that every year the atmosphere sets a record in how much water it is demanding regardless of what natural climate variability does.”

From the effects natural geography we can see that people could be doing in this picture is: they can be boating, fishing, trading, transporting people, farming, and or hunting.

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The thing that pushed me into geography was the 4th grade geobee, but the thing that really made me pursue my goal was my passion for geography and the people who pushed me to pursue that passion. With that being said, the geobee in fourth grade did play a role in my love for the topic because out of the blue I competed with 4th-8th graders for the school geo bee and surprisingly I finished second, kickstarting my geo career. Although once again that is not the only thing that lead me to this. Without support from my mom and dad in practicing my questions and the constant and helpful barrage of questions and encouragement from my grandad I would not have had the drive or knowledge to go to the state level.

Brimming with absorbing and educative statistics and facts, What We Know About Climate Change first chooses to challenge the

Human geography is defined as “The study of interrelationships between people, places and environment and how these vary spatially and temporally across and between locations” (Castree, Kitchin and Rogers, 2013). It looks at how society shapes the environment and vice versa. Although physical geography and human geography are separate fields they both concentrate on spatial processes; physical geography more on the natural and physical sciences and human geography on the way in which human lives are shaped by processes in nature (Castree et al., 2013). A key principle of

This is just an explanation of how Global Warming is becoming about. Scientist are proving and discovering new ways to detect and analyze Global Warming and the effects.