Table of Contents

How to use this resource vi About eBookPLUS x Inside your Geography Alive eBookPLUS xi Acknowledgements xii What is Geography? 2 Geographical concepts 6 UNIT 1 WATER IN THE WORLD Chapter 1 Water as a resource 14 1.1 What is a resource? 16 1.2 What are Australia?s natural resources? 18 1.3 How do we use non-renewable energy? 20 1.4 Should Australia focus on using renewable energy? 22 SkillBuilder: Constructing a pie graph 1.5 Is water a renewable resource? 24 SkillBuilder: Annotating a photograph 1.6 How is groundwater used as a resource? 26 1.7 How do Indigenous people use groundwater? 28 REVIEW AND REFLECT SUMMARY OF TERMS Chapter 2 Our blue planet: water 32 2.1 How much water is there in the world? 34 2.2 What are some amazing water facts? 36 2.3 How does Australia?s climate affect water availability? 38 SkillBuilder: How to read a map 2.4 How is water used by people? 40 SkillBuilder: Drawing a line graph 2.5 How is water used by indigenous people? 2.6 Does everyone have enough water? 42 2.7 How does access to water improve health? 44 2.8 What is virtual water? 46 2.9 How does water quality change? 48 2.10 How can water be managed? 50 REVIEW AND REFLECT SUMMARY OF TERMS Chapter 3 Too much, too little 54 3.1 What is weather? 56 SkillBuilder: Reading a weather map 3.2 How is a natural hazard different from a natural disaster? 58 3.3 Why do we experience droughts? 60 3.4 What are the impacts of drought? 62 3.5 Why does Australia experience bushfires? 3.6 What happened on Black Saturday? 3.7 How can we manage dry periods to reduce the impact of drought? 64 3.8 Why does it flood? 68 3.9 What are the impacts of floods? 70 3.10 How do places around the world manage floods? 72 SkillBuilder: Interpreting diagrams REVIEW AND REFLECT SUMMARY OF TERMS Chapter 4 Blow wind, blow 74 4.1 Why does the wind blow? 76 4.2 How strong is the wind? 78 SkillBuilder: Cardinal points: wind rose 4.3 How do thunderstorms form? 80 4.4 What is a cyclone? 84 4.5 What impact did Cyclone Yasi have? SkillBuilder: Creating a simple column or bar graph 4.6 What are the impacts of typhoons in Asia? 86 4.7 How do tornadoes impact people and the environment? 88 4.8 What was the impact of the May 2013 tornado in the United States? 4.9 What happens when water turns to ice and snow? 90 4.10 Are there water hazards in Mongolia? 4.11 How do we respond to extreme weather and water events? 92 REVIEW AND REFLECT SUMMARY OF TERMS UNIT 1 FIELDWORK INQUIRY ProjectsPLUS What is the water quality of my local catchment? 96 UNIT 2 PLACE AND LIVEABILITY Chapter 5 Where do Australians live? 100 5.1 What creates a sense of place? 102 5.2 Why do people live in certain places? 104 5.3 Where do you live and why? 106 5.4 Why do Australians live in remote places? 108 SkillBuilder: Using topographic maps 5.5 What draws people to rural areas? 110 5.6 Are rural communities sustainable? 5.7 What are ?lifestyle? places? 112 5.8 Where is my place? 116 5.9 Where would you like to live? 118 SkillBuilder: Creating a concept diagram REVIEW AND REFLECT SUMMARY OF TERMS Chapter 6 People and places? 120 6.1 Do most Australians live near water? 122 SkillBuilder: Understanding satellite images 6.2 Where is the fastest growing place? SkillBuilder: Using alphanumeric grid references 6.3 What is life like in a country town? 124 6.4 How does distance affect lifestyle? 126 6.5 How are places influenced by seasons? 6.6 Do places change over time? 128 6.7 What are isolated settlements like? 132 6.8 Are all settlements permanent? 6.9 What is Old Delhi like? 6.10 How is modern India changing? REVIEW AND REFLECT SUMMARY OF TERMS Chapter 7 Liveable places 134 7.1 What is liveability? 136 7.2 Where are the most liveable cities? 138 SkillBuilder: Drawing a climate graph 7.3 What makes Melbourne the world?s most liveable city? 7.4 Is being the most liveable city sustainable? 140 7.5 Port Moresby ? a less liveable city? 142 7.6 Dhaka ? a less liveable city? 7.7 Is there enough to eat? 144 7.8 How can liveability be improved? 146 7.9 What makes a place liveable for you? 148 SkillBuilder: Creating and analysing overlay maps 7.10 How could my community be made more liveable? 150 REVIEW AND REFLECT SUMMARY OF TERMS UNIT 2 GEOGRAPHICAL INQUIRY ProjectsPLUS What is my place like? 154 Glossary 156 Index 160