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Creative Vision Christian AcademySocial Sciences DepartmentBasic Geography - 2011

Basic Geography and Factoids abo t the !arth as o" #ay 2010

$ man %op lation o" the !arth & '()20(000(000 *'+)2 billion, as o" #ay 2010

orld %op lation Gro.th & 1+1/ - 200 estimate *this means at the c rrent rate o" gro.th( theearth s pop lation .ill do ble in abo t '2 years,

Co ntries o" the orld& 1 3

!arth s Circ m"erence at the !4 ator& 25( 01+33 miles *50(063+1' 7m,

!arth s Circ m"erence Bet.een the 8orth and So th %oles& 25()3 +)2 miles *50(00) 7m,

!arth s Diameter at the !4 ator& 6( 2'+2) miles *12(63'+1 7m,

!arth s Diameter at the %oles& 6() +)0 miles *12(61/+3 7m,

Average Distance "rom the !arth to the S n& /(020(000 miles *15 ('' (1)0 7m,

Average Distance "rom the !arth to the #oon& 2/)()36 miles */)5(50/+1 7m,

$ighest !levation on !arth - #t+ !verest ( Asia& 2 (0/3 "eet *))30 m,

9allest #o ntain on !arth "rom Base to %ea7 - #a na :ea( $a.aii& //(5)0 "eet *rising to 1/(6 '"eet above sea level, *10205 m; 5203 m,

%oint Farthest From the Center o" the !arth - 9he pea7 o" the volcano Chimboracean& /3()50"eet *10 25 m,

$ighest 9emperat re ?ecorded& 1/3+)@F - Al A


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ater vs+ =and& 60+) ater( 2 +2 =and

Age o" the !arth & 5+3 to 5+' billion years

Atmosphere Content & 66 nitrogen( 21 o ygen( and traces o" argon( carbon dio ide and

.ater

?otation on A is& 2/ ho rs and 3' min tes and 05+0 03/ seconds+ B t( it ta7es an additional"o r min tes "or the earth to revolve to the same position as the day be"ore relative to the s n*i+e+ 25 ho rs,+

?evol tion aro nd S n& /'3+2523 days

Chemical Composition o" the !arth& /5+' ron( 2 +3 > ygen( 13+2 Silicon( 12+6#agnesi m( 2+5 8ic7el( 1+ S l" r( and 0+03 9itani m

Geography

9he science o" geography is li7ely the oldest o" all sciences+ Geography is the ans.er to the4 estion that the earliest h mans as7ed( hat s over thereE ! ploration and the discovery o"ne. places( ne. c lt res( and ne. ideas have al.ays been basic components o" geography+

9h s( geography is o"ten called the mother o" all sciences as st dying other people and otherplaces led to other scienti"ic "ields s ch as biology( anthropology( geology( mathematics(astronomy( chemistry( among others+ *See other De"initions o" Geography ,

Divisions of Geography

9oday( geography is commonly divided into t.o ma or branches - 1, c lt ral geography *alsocalled h man geography, and 2, physical geography+

C lt ral geography is the branch o" geography dealing .ith h man c lt re and its impact on theearth+ C lt ral geographers st dy lang ages( religion( "oods( b ilding styles( rban areas (agric lt re( transportation systems( politics ( economies( pop lation and demographics ( andmore+

%hysical geography is the branch o" geography dealing .ith the nat ral "eat res o" the earth(the home o" h mans+ %hysical geography loo7s at the .ater( air( animals( and land o" the planetearth *i+e+ everything that is part o" the "o r spheres - the atmosphere( biosphere( hydrosphere(lithosphere+, %hysical geography is closely related to geography s sister science - geology - b tphysical geography "oc ses more on the landscapes at the s r"ace o" the earth and not .hat isinside o r planet+
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>ther 7ey areas o" geography incl de regional geography *.hich involves the in-depth st dyand 7no.ledge o" a partic lar region and its c lt ral as .ell as its physical characteristics, andgeographic technologies li7e G S *geographic in"ormation systems, and G%S *global positioningsystem,+
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6 Billion - /1 >ct 2011

9he nited 8ations has proclaimed >ctober /1( 2011 to be the day that the seven billionth

h man .ill be born on earth+ 9he selection o" >ctober /1 is some.hat ceremonial and arbitraryas it is p rely an estimate; the %op lation ?e"erence B rea places the .orld pop lation as o"this .riting at 6+01/ billion+

9he signi"icance o" this most recent billion( in .hich the .orld s pop lation has gro.n "rom sibillion in 1 to seven billion in 2012( is not lost on politicians( geographers( h manitarians(and others .ho are loo7ing "or.ard to " rther pop lation gro.th+

ith the ceremonial date o" >ctober /1( the nited 8ations is s pporting a plethora o" activitiesto mar7 the threshold .hen the earth s pop lation odometer crosses "rom '( ( ( to6(000(000(000+ !vents are planned "or >ctober /1 at 8 $ead4 arters in 8e. Hor7 City; e pect

inn merable ne.s stories to mar7 the event+ nited 8ations Secretary-General Ban :i-moonremar7ed on the pcoming pop lation transition on nited 8ations Day( >ctober 25( =et s

nite( seven billion strong( in the name o" the global common good+ 9hat sentiment .ill be thecommon goal over the ne t "e. months as global leadership see7 to nderstand thesigni"icance o" seven billion+ n that vein( the 8 recently la nched a campaign( 6 Billion

Actions ( "oc sed on h manity s ability to positively change+ >n that site( one can vie. a co ntersho.ing the c rrent estimated global pop lation as it rolls to.ard seven billion+

C rrent estimates e pect that the .orld s pop lation .ill hit the eight billion mar7 in 2023( 15years "rom no.+ Soon a"ter the .orld s pop lation reaches eight billion( ndia s pop lation isli7ely to e ceed that o" China s +
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