Jacaranda Senior Geography 1 for Queensland Units 1&2 Fourth Edition (learnON & Print)

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Created by passionate Geography teachers, Jacaranda Senior Geography 1 for QLD Units 1 & 2 4e is the only resource on the market written specifically for the revised Queensland Senior Geography Syllabus. With a carefully sequenced set of skills-rich, inquiry based topics to encourage an investigative approach, ensuring students fully develop their geographical skills and critical thinking.

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Table of Contents

Unit 1 Responding to risk and vulnerability in hazard zones

1 Natural hazard zones

1.1 Overview
1.2 Natural hazards
1.3 Natural hazards in Australia
1.4 The impact of natural hazards
1.5 Assessing and responding to natural hazards
1.6 Atmospheric hazards
1.7 Atmospheric hazards - thunderstorms
1.8 Atmospheric hazards - tropical cyclones
1.9 Atmospheric hazards - responding to tropical cyclones
1.10 Atmospheric hazards - bushfires
1.11 Geological hazards
1.12 Geological hazards - earthquakes
1.13 Geological hazards - volcanic eruptions
1.14 Geomorphic hazards
1.15 APPLY YOUR SKILLS - Construction, interpretation and analysis of maps
1.16 Review
1.16 Exam Section I - Short answer questions
1.16 Exam Section II - Extended response question

2 Ecological hazard zones
2.1 Overview
2.2 Ecological hazards
2.3 The impacts of ecological hazards
2.4 Plant and animal invasions
2.5 Reducing the risk of plant and animal invasions
2.6 Pollutants
2.7 Hydrospheric pollutants
2.8 Atmospheric pollutants
2.9 Lithospheric pollutants
2.10 Infectious and vector-borne diseases
2.11 APPLY YOUR SKILLS - Analysing spatial and statistical data
2.12 Review
2.12 Exam Section I - Short answer questions
2.12 Exam Section II - Extended response question

Unit 2 Planning sustainable places

3 Responding to challenges facing a place in Australia

3.1 Overview
3.2 Places in Australia
3.3 Processes that shape places
3.4 Where are Australian places?
3.5 Factors affecting Australia's population distribution
3.6 Challenges facing remote and rural Australia
3.7 Challenges facing urban Australia
3.8 Understanding geographical challenges - West End, Brisbane
3.9 Responding to the challenges facing places in Australia
3.10 APPLY YOUR SKILLS - Conducting a geographical inquiry
3.11 Review
3.11 Exam Section I - Short answer questions
3.11 Exam Section II - Extended response question

4 Managing challenges facing megacities

4.1 Overview
4.2 Global patterns of urbanisation
4.3 Vulnerability to natural hazards in megacities
4.4 Water and energy in megacities
4.5 Sanitation and waste management in megacities
4.6 Housing people in megacities
4.7 Social opportunities and challenges in megacities
4.8 Economic opportunities and challenges in megacities
4.9 Sustainable development in megacities
4.10 APPLY YOUR SKILLS - Interpreting satellite imagery
4.11 Review
4.11 Exam Section I - Short answer questions
4.11 Exam Section II - Extended response question

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