Our Dynamic World 1 Core Workbook
Published on 20. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-7171-3588-2 (ISBN)
Description
Our Dynamic World: Core Workbook provides additional exercises and questions on two fundamental areas of the course with which all students must become thoroughly familiar: - The physical environment - Regional geography. Our Dynamic World: Core Workbook is designed for both Higher and Ordinary level students and can be used in class or as homework.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7171-3588-2 (9780717135882)
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Patrick O'Dwyer, Convent of Mercy Secondary School, Doon, Co. Limerick, is highly regarded by geography teachers throughout Ireland for his widely used textbooks, particularly Landscapes of the World, as well as for his popular 'Less Stress: More Success' revision guides for both Junior and Leaving Certificate geography.
Content
Section 1 Earth's Internal Forces and Structures
1 The Tectonic Cycle
Section 2 How Rocks are Formed and Changed
2 The Rock Cycle
Section 3 How Landforms are Created
5 Landforms of Tectonic Activity
6 Landforms Influenced by Rock Characteristics
7 Landforms of Denudation
8 Landforms of Isostasy
9 How Humans Interact with the Earth's Processes
Section 4 Regions
10 What is a Region?
11 Climatic Regions
12 Physical Regions
13 Administrative Regions
14 Cultural Regions
15 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Cores and Peripheries
16 Socio-Economic Regions 2: Regions of Industrial Decline
17 Urban Regions
Section 5 The Dynamics of a Region
18 Ireland: Contrasts Between East and West
19 The Mezzogiorno
20 Norrland
21 India
Section 6 The Complexity of a Region
22 Economic, Political and Cultural Activities in Regions
23 Cultural Groups and Political Regions
24 The Future of the European Union
Section 7 How Regions Change Over Time
25 Changing Boundaries in Language Regions
26 Urban Growth and City Regions
27 Development and Expansion in the EU
28 Changing Political Boundaries and Cultural Groups
1 The Tectonic Cycle
Section 2 How Rocks are Formed and Changed
2 The Rock Cycle
Section 3 How Landforms are Created
5 Landforms of Tectonic Activity
6 Landforms Influenced by Rock Characteristics
7 Landforms of Denudation
8 Landforms of Isostasy
9 How Humans Interact with the Earth's Processes
Section 4 Regions
10 What is a Region?
11 Climatic Regions
12 Physical Regions
13 Administrative Regions
14 Cultural Regions
15 Socio-Economic Regions 1: Cores and Peripheries
16 Socio-Economic Regions 2: Regions of Industrial Decline
17 Urban Regions
Section 5 The Dynamics of a Region
18 Ireland: Contrasts Between East and West
19 The Mezzogiorno
20 Norrland
21 India
Section 6 The Complexity of a Region
22 Economic, Political and Cultural Activities in Regions
23 Cultural Groups and Political Regions
24 The Future of the European Union
Section 7 How Regions Change Over Time
25 Changing Boundaries in Language Regions
26 Urban Growth and City Regions
27 Development and Expansion in the EU
28 Changing Political Boundaries and Cultural Groups