Geography and Environment · Classes 9-10 · Chapter 1
Importance of Studying Geography and Environment.
An exam asks for four reasons to study geography and environment. How many can you recall? The Bangla book lists ten, so there are plenty of ways to pick four. You only need to get the ten into some order.
1. What this study teaches us
First, we learn the nature and environment of a particular place on the earth. We learn why mountains, hills, rivers, oceans, plateaus, plains and deserts formed, and what features they have. We get a scientific idea of how the living world arose from the birth of the earth. And we see how plants and animals of different environments vary in conduct, food habits and way of life.
Then come people. We also learn what has changed in the social environment as agriculture, industry, trade and commerce, transport and communication have developed.
We learn why natural disasters happen, what damage they do and how they can be controlled. Land management also comes in here, according to geographical position, the pattern of climate and the importance of communication. So do the rise in the earth's temperature, the greenhouse effect and its influence.
We learn how people gain economic prosperity by using natural resources. We learn about the management of the ocean and its resources too.
The Bangla version has a tenth point: gaining knowledge about climate change and disaster management. The English version does not have it, so it lists nine.
Ten points are hard to hold at once, so sort them into three groups. The grouping is ours, not the book's. Tap a cell and the book's sentence appears.
gridtap a cell
Ten lessons, three groups
lesson
nature and life
people and society
disasters, climate, ocean
a place's nature
✓
landforms
✓
origin of life
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plants and animals
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social environment
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disasters, land
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warming
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resources, prosperity
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the ocean
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climate change
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A place's nature. We can know the nature and environment of a particular place on the earth.
Landforms. We can know the cause of formation and the features of mountains, hills, rivers, oceans, plateaus, plains and deserts.
Origin of life. We gain a scientific idea of how the living world arose from the birth of the earth.
Plants and animals. We learn about the plants and animals of different environments and the variety in their conduct, food habits and lifestyles.
Social environment. We learn what has changed in the social environment through development in agriculture, industry, trade and commerce, transport and communication.
Disasters and land. We learn the causes, damage and control of natural disasters, and land management according to geographical position, pattern of climate and the importance of communication.
Warming. We learn about the increase in the earth's temperature, the greenhouse effect and its influence.
Resources and prosperity. We learn how people gain economic prosperity by using natural resources.
The ocean. We learn about the management of the ocean and ocean resources.
Climate change. We gain knowledge about climate change and disaster management. This point is only in the Bangla version.
2. Which lesson goes where
Now from the other side. Pick up a lesson and say which group it belongs to.
sort themlesson, then box
Which lesson teaches what
Pick up a lesson, then drop it in a box. Ask: is it about nature, about people, or about disasters, climate and the ocean?
Right. Next one.
Not yet. Think again about what the lesson is talking about.
All in place. The groups are ours. For a question asking for four reasons, any four of the ten will do.
3. The lessons, on cards
The lesson is on the front and the book's sentence on the back. Say it yourself first, then turn the card.
the lessonstap to turn over
Ten reasons
LessonA place's nature and environment
In the bookWe can know the nature and environment of a particular place on the earth.
LessonHow landforms form
In the bookWe can know the cause of formation and features of mountains, hills, rivers, oceans, plateaus, plains and deserts.
LessonOrigin of the living world
In the bookWe acquire scientific conceptions about how the living world arose since the birth of the earth.
LessonVariety of plants and animals
In the bookWe learn about plants and animals of different environments and the variety in their conduct, food habits and lifestyles.
LessonChange in the social environment
In the bookWe learn the changes made in the social environment by development in agriculture, industry, trade and commerce, transportation and communication.
LessonDisasters and land management
In the bookWe learn the causes, damage and control of natural disasters, and land management by geographical position, pattern of climate and importance of communication.
LessonThe rise in temperature
In the bookWe learn about the increase of the earth's temperature, the greenhouse effect and its influence.
LessonResources and prosperity
In the bookWe learn how people gain economic prosperity by using natural resources.
LessonThe ocean
In the bookWe learn about the management of the ocean and its resources.
LessonClimate change
In the bookWe gain knowledge about climate change and disaster management. (Only in the Bangla version.)
4. Check yourself
Three questions in the exam's style.
check yourselfpick one answer
Question 1
By studying which subject do we gain a scientific idea of how the living world began since the birth of the earth?
History is about past events; the book lists this importance under geography and environment.
Right. Studying geography and environment gives a scientific idea of the origin of the living world.
Sociology is about society. The correct answer is: Geography and environment.
Zoology is not the answer in the book's list of importance.
The second one.
check yourselfpick one answer
Question 2
By studying which subject do we learn about the plants and animals of different environments and their behaviour, food habits and lifestyle?
Right. Geography and environment teaches the variety of plants and animals and their ways of life.
Social science is not the answer in the book's list.
Political science is about the state. The correct answer is: Geography and environment.
Biology is not the answer in the book's list.
And the last.
check yourselfpick one answer
Question 3
A cyclone caused great damage in Abdullahpur. Which subject helps you learn its cause and how to control the damage?
Social science does not deal with the cause and control of disasters.
Geology and mining is not the answer in the book's list.
Right. The causes, damage and control of natural disasters are learnt through geography and environment.
Physics is not the answer. The correct answer is: Geography and environment.
The whole lesson on a few cards.
cut from the notetap to turn over
Seven cards
QuestionWhat do we learn about a particular place of the earth by studying geography and environment?
AnswerThe nature and environment of that place.
QuestionWhat do we learn about mountains, rivers and deserts from geography?
AnswerThe cause of their formation and their features.
QuestionWhat do we learn about the plants and animals of different environments?
AnswerTheir variety of conduct, food habits and ways of living.
QuestionDevelopment in agriculture, industry and communication changes what, as we learn?
AnswerThe social environment of people.
QuestionWhat do we learn about natural disasters through geography?
AnswerThe causes of disasters, the damage they do, and how to control them.
QuestionUsing natural resources, what do people gain, as geography teaches?
AnswerEconomic prosperity.
QuestionWhich two topics does the last point of the Bangla list name?
AnswerClimate change and disaster management.
Source: Geography and Environment, Classes 9-10 (NCTB), Chapter 1 “Geography and Environment”, the “Importance of Studying Geography and Environment” part.