Consequences of floods:

A flood occurs when a river bursts its banks and the water spills onto the floodplain of a river. 

Floods can cause damage to homes and possessions, as well as disrupt communities normal way of life. 

Floods can cause:

• A loss of life: Floods can cause death and injury. People can get trapped in their houses by the quick-rising waters
• Damage to property: As floodwaters rise they can flow into low-lying properties. The river will be carrying huge amounts of pollution and silt that will destroy floors, walls and any electrical gear.
• Pollution: Floods will wash chemicals and sewage into the water. The contaminated water will spread quickly over an area – causing public health issues and killing fish.
• Destruction of habitat: Floods will destroy places where river animals and fish might have breeding grounds. Even slight changes to river temperature and water patterns can upset natural ecosystems.

FUN FACTS Solar energy is almost 200 years old. Renewable energy creates more jobs for women than fossil fuels. Iceland leads the world with near 100% energy produced from renewable sources. Solar is now the biggest source of renewable energy in Australia.

REASONS for climate change                                     

Human activity such as: 

• Increased use of fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas)
• Increasingly intensive agriculture which emits greenhouse gases
  • Carbon dioxide is the main cause of human-inducted climate change
• Deforestation 

Natural causes: 

• Volcanic activity 
• Solar output
• Earth's orbit around the sun

CONSECUENCES of climate change

• Fresh water shortages
• Ice is melting which contributes to sea-level rise
  • Number of floods will increase
• Storms and heatwaves
• Temperature changes are also affecting wildlife and other species as well

It's hard to say how greatly will the climate change in the future which makes it hard to evaluate the true consequences. 

Climate change in a nutshell

Thanks to National Geographic 

What is conflict over natural resources and how can we prevent it?

Goods are any items that satisfy human needs and wants. They are material items that you can purchase. Anything that you can find in a grocery store, farmer's market, shopping mall, home improvement shop, or any other store is a good. These might include: fruit; vegetables; cell phones; train tickets; coffee from a coffee shop; etc. 

How is trade patterns changing, and why? Globalisation is one of the main accelerators of change globally. Check out this video on globalisation and how it is changing the way of production and trade patterns: 

Important Map Terms: 

Map - A visual representation of the world. Maps provide us with information about or world, including countries, continents and the location of different features and the distance between places. 

Symbols - Pictures, letters and colours that are used to represent something specific on a map. 

Grid - A grid includes a series of crossing lines that create squares or rectangles. These shapes help us to identify areas on maps. 

Scale - Scale helps us to identify how big an area on a map is in reality. A scale might be shown as 1:00 for example, which means that 1 cm on the map represents 100 km in reality. 

Topographic VS Thematic Maps:

Topographic maps provide information on elevation. This refers to how far above sea level a particular area of land is. 

Check out this video on Thematic Maps:

Want to know all about the 7 different continents of our world, including the tallest mountains, cultures, and regions? Check out this short video series created by National Geographic:

Africa

Glacier: A glacier is a large mass of ice often shaped like a river that flows very slowly, under the force of gravity. Glaciers develop over many years in places where snow has fallen but not melted. Snow is compacted and turns to ice. The weight of the ice means that it starts to slip down mountain sides over time.

Population Distribution:

Population distribution describes the way people are spread across an area. This can be uneven and subject to change. Distribution can be shown on a dot distribution map. However, these can be misleading because they can give the impression that some areas have no people.

Causes and Consequences of inequality:

Inequality means extreme differences between poverty and wealth, as well as in peoples' wellbeing and access to things like jobs, housing and education. Inequalities may occur in:

• housing provision
• access to services
• access to open land
• safety and security

Earth has many different climate zones. The atmospheric circulation system creates Earth's climate zones.
We classify the climates according to the maximum and minimum temperatures and the temperature range. We also take into consideration the total and seasonal distribution of precipitation. Check out the different climate zones here: