Create a Continent: Landscape zones and population density

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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

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 

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. 

Polar regions: too cold

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

Desert and steppe: too dry

• Little to no precipitation
• People live like nomads
• Sometimes an oasis

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. 

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

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
Central-Australia

1. Too cold
2. Too high
3. Too dry
4. Too infertile

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
North-Brazil

1. Too cold
2. Too high
3. Too dry
4. Too infertile

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
West-China

1. Too cold
2. Too high
3. Too dry
4. Too infertile

Use the world map from the atlas and Figure 4.11.
Why would the population density in the following area be low?
Greenland

1. Too cold
2. Too high
3. Too dry
4. Too infertile

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.