Create a Continent: Landscape zones and population density

Create a Continent 
Statement of Inquiry
Features of natural landscapes are caused by System Earth and influence the location of human landscapes 

Key Concept: Systems 
Related Concepts: Causality 
Global Context: Natural and human landscapes
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Create a Continent 
Statement of Inquiry
Features of natural landscapes are caused by System Earth and influence the location of human landscapes 

Key Concept: Systems 
Related Concepts: Causality 
Global Context: Natural and human landscapes

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Create a Continent 
Today:
  • Repeat: Check out some drawings! 
  • Explanation and video: Landscape zones and population density
  • Atlas Quiz: Landscape zones and population density 
  • ACTIVITY: Read and Answer the questions from G105 - G108 

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Landscape zones
  • Landscape zone: area with the same natural vegetation/flora

  • Man made or cultivated landscapes, also called arable land

  • Natural landscapes, untouched by humans have original vegetation. 

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Polar regions: too cold
  • the Arctic (North Pole) and Antarctic (South Pole)​
  • Temperatures below  –70o C ​
  • Land ice up to 2500 meters thick​
  • Long dark winters, with polar lights

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Desert and steppe: too dry
  • Little to no precipitation
  • People live like nomads
  • Sometimes an oasis

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Tropical rainforest: too infertile
  • The tropical rainforests have a warm and humid climate. ​
  • This climate activates micro-organisms in the soil. ​
  • The micro-organisms quickly digest the nutrients in the soil.  ​
  • Most nutrients are found in the plants and animals. 

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Slide 7 - Video

Name one thing you did not know before, but now do after watching the video.

Slide 8 - Open vraag

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
Central-Australia
A
Too cold
B
Too high
C
Too dry
D
Too infertile

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
North-Brazil
A
Too cold
B
Too high
C
Too dry
D
Too infertile

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
West-China
A
Too cold
B
Too high
C
Too dry
D
Too infertile

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
Greenland
A
Too cold
B
Too high
C
Too dry
D
Too infertile

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Choose one country in the world (you can think of any country you'd like).
Do a little research on the country (look up the population density and the landscape zones) with the help of the G105 - G108 and Figure 4.11.
Explain in about 100 words why the population density in that country is high or low.

Slide 13 - Open vraag