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    Natural resources refer to materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be exploited for economic gain.

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    The passage discusses geography and natural resources, including definitions, branches, themes and types.

    The three branches of geography are human geography, physical geography, and environmental geography.

    The five themes of geography are location, place, interaction, movement, and region.

    Introduction to Geography

    and Natural Resources


    Objectives:

     Define what geography is.


     Identify the branches of geography and expound on
    each of its definition.
     Name and explain the different themes of geography.
     Classify the different type natural resources.
    TOPIC OUTLINE:

     What is Geography?
     The Branches of Geography
     Themes of Geography
     The Classification of Natural Resources
    Try this! Instruction: Identify which among of the following statements refer to
    either a LOCATION, PLACE, INTERACTION, MOVEMENT or REGION .

    ____________ 1. It refers to the “address of a place, either absolute or relative.”


    ____________ 2. The physical and human characteristics of a place that makes
    it unique.
    ____________ 3. How people and environment affects each other.
    ___________ 4. How people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
    ____________5. The human and physical traits that distinguish one area from
    another.
    Think Ahead:

    1. WHAT IS GEOGRPAHY?

    2. WHAT IS NATURAL RESOURCES REFER TO?


    WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

    Physical property of the Earth’s surface


    Definition from National Geography and the human societies.

    Examines how human culture interacts


    Geography is the study of with the natural environment
    places and the relationships
    between people and That locations and places can have an impact
    their environments on people.

    Geography seeks to understand where things are found,


    why they are there, and how they develop and change
    over time
    "geography"

     comes to us from the ancient Greeks


     geo means “earth”
     graphy means “to write”
    THE BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY

    1. Human Geography is the study of human activities and how the activities effect or are
    influenced by the earth’s surface.

    2. Physical Geography is the of earth’s natural features, that are not made by man but are
    formed because of many natural process. It study includes the Earth’s seasons, climate,
    atmosphere, soil, streams, landforms, and oceans.

    3. Environmental Geography is the study of the interactions between humans or the human
    society and their natural environment. It is the part of Geography that has the most active
    collaboration between human and physical geographers, as they study the relationships
    between environments and societies in places.
    THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

    1. LOCATION - refers to the address of a place, either absolute or relative.


    Ex. This scientist is conducting research in Antartica, the continent
    located in South Pole.

    2. PLACE - the physical and human characteristics of a place that makes it unique.
    Ex. Sydney opera house is a unique human characteristics of Sydney,
    Austratlia.

    3. INTERACTION - refers to people and environment affect each other.


    Ex. The people of the Philippines raise rice on the level terraces
    carved into the mountain.
    Cont. 5 theme of Geography

    4. MOVEMENT - refers to how people, goods and ideas move from place to place.
    Ex. The smartphones that was first produced in China are now being used in
    different countries.

    4. REGION - refers to human and physical traits that distinguish one area from another.
    Ex. Most of the Filipinos in the Mindanao areas are darker in color compare to
    those from Luzon..
    Assignment :
    What is Natural Resources?

     TYPES OF NATURAL RESOURCES


     INORGARNIC AND ORGANIC
    RESOURCES
     METALLIC AND NON-METALLIC
     WHICH REGIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES IS
    RICH IN A SPECIFIC RESOURCES.

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