Key+Concepts+in+Geography

Geography studies the environment in which people live. This environment can be divided up into the natural environment (made by nature) and the cultural environment (made by people). Geographers use key concepts or big ideas to explain what is going on in these environments. Environments  The natural environment of Mount Taranaki, Taranaki Change  The clear treeline which surrounds the mountain, encompassing Egmont National Park, is a result of cultural change. || Interaction  Sea-land interaction on the Taranaki coastline. Perspectives  Protestors demanding that State Highway 20 be built as a tunnel through Auckland suburbs. Their perspective has influenced their response to the building of the motorway through their local environment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Processes <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Tectonic processes create a subduction zone and an associated stratovolcano. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Spatial Patterns <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">This map of the Taranaki region show a clear spatial pattern of landforms. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Sustainability <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Environments are surroundings.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">They have particular characteristics and features which can be the result of natural and/or cultural processes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Environments may be cultural and/or natural.
 * * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Change means to make different or alter.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Change in geography happens when there is any alteration to the natural or cultural environment. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">NASA satellite photo of Mount Taranaki shows the natural change from land to sea and from lowland to highland.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Interaction involves the elements (parts) of an environment affecting each other and being linked together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Interaction involves connections between two things.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">A two-way effect must occur in interaction (both parts need to have an effect on each other).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Geographic interaction must impact or involve a place.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">A perspective is a way of viewing the world.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Perspectives influence the way people view and interpret environments.