Chapter 1

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

What are we going to do?

- Introduction Humboldt

- Residence Earth

- Reading 

- Making a Glossary

- Assignments

Learning goals:

– You know the position of Earth in our solar system.

– You know what geography is about.

Humboldt

Planet Earth

Drinkable water, oxygen to breathe and the atmosphere protects us! 

Our Solar System

Third planet

The earth is 12.756 kilometers in diameter at the equator. 

The circumference of the earth is 40.075 kilometres. 

What is so special about our planet (Earth)?

Living planet

The Earth is located at exactly the right distance from the sun. 

Therefore it is hardly too hot or too cold. 

The atmosphere

This is a layer of gases that are surrounding the earth. 
Oxygen is one of those gases in the atmosphere. 

It also makes sure the temperature doesn't drop too much at night.

The atmosphere

The atmosphere also protects us from radiation from the sun and debris from space. 

The debris collides with particles in the atmosphere and therefor burns up before it touches the Earth's surface.

Go to work!

Read page 8 in your textbook and continue with the exercises 1 to 3 in your workbook on page 1 and 2. 

What are we going to do?

- Glossary

- Residence Earth

- Reading 

- Assignments

Learning goals:

– You know the position of the Earth in our solar system.

– You understand why the atmosphere is important for us as humans. 

Glossary

Write any difficult words in the back of your notebook. 

What do the following words mean?
Surrounding, harmful , falling bodies, surface, approximately, 

slightly, revolves, consists. 

Any other words?

Our Solar System

The atmosphere

This is a layer of gases that are surrounding the earth. 
Oxygen is one of those gases in the atmosphere. 

It also makes sure the temperature doesn't drop too much at night.

Layers of the atmosphere

Troposphere - weather

Stratosphere - Protection against radiation (ozone layer)

Through the mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere it slowly changes into space. 

Ozone layer

Less oxygen

Geography

studying the earth with the following questions: 

What is there? 
Where is that?

Why is that there?

What are the consequences?

Get to work!

Read page 9. 

Do the exercises 4, 5 and 6.