Year 7 People Everywhere

Population DensityRevision PowerPoint

Let’s get started…

• You need to know the keywords to understand the assessment.

• To test your knowledge, you could print the next slide.

• Draw a line in PENCIL to link the keyword to it’s meaning!

• Then check your answers using slide 5

• Using the glossary on Doddle may help. • See presentation “Sparse and dense populations- Part 4”.

Population Revision Key word link up!Use the notes in your exercise books and the glossary on page 126-127 in the

the geog 1 AND geog 2 book to link the keyword to it’s meaning!

Population

Population Density

Sparsely populated

Resources

Densely populated

Things we need to live and work e.g. food, fuel

The number of people in a place

The average number of people per square km in a place

Very few people live there.

Lots of people live there.

Site

Land a settlement is built on.

Settlement

A place where people live- a hamlet, village, town or city.

Now check your answers….Correct any mistakes. Make sure you learn all the

keywords ready for your assessment!

Population

Population Density

Sparsely populated

Resources

Densely populated

Things we need to live and work e.g. food, fuel

The number of people in a place

The average number of people per square km in a place

Very few people live there.

Lots of people live there.

Site

Land a settlement is built on.

Settlement

A place where people live- a hamlet, village, town or city.

Look at the next six pictures

• Where do you think each one is?

• What is the population density like? Sparse or Dense?

• Why do you think this is?

• Click to reveal the answers!

Picture 1

Where? Antartica Density? Sparse

Why?

Too Cold and no soil to grow crops.

Covered in snow and ice. Too Cold for people.

Snow and ice make communications and settlement difficult.

Picture 2

Where? The Amazon basin

Density? Sparse

Why?

Too Hot and Wet for people, Dense forest makes travelling (communication) and Building settlements difficult

Picture 3

Where? Sahara Desert Density? Sparse

Why?

Too Hot and Dry for people. Too dry and too little soil for crops to grow. Sand makes communications difficult.

Picture 4

Where? Bangladesh Density? DenseWhy?

Low lying and flat (No steep slopes!). Rich, fertile soils. Hot and wet. Ideal farming conditions!

Picture 5

Where? Himalayas Density? Sparse

Why?

Cold temperatures in Winter.

Poor, thin soils and rocks makes farming difficult.

Steep slopes make communications and settlement difficult.

Picture 6

Where? Western Europe Density? DenseWhy?

Low lying and gentle slopes. Pleasant climate for people. Good water supply and soil for farming. Many resources for

industry!

Now you are going revise population density and

explain why some parts of the world are sparsely

populated and some are densely populated.

We have looked at six regions and summarised the information on our

revision sheets.• Be ready to:

• Locate each region.

• Describe it’s population Density as sparse or Dense.

• Give reasons why it is like that.

• Have a go at filling in the gaps on a print out of slide 14. Then check your knowledge using slide 15

Region: Polar regions- Antarctic

Factors that effect Population density:

Too Cold for people.

No soil for crops.

Snow and ice make communications and settlement difficult.

Population Density: Sparse

Region: Amazon Forest

Factors that effect Population density:

Too hot and wet for people.

Thick dense forest makes communications (transport) and settlement difficult

Population Density: Sparse

Country: Bangladesh

Factors that effect Population density:

Low lying and flat.

Rich, fertile soil.

Hot and wet.

Ideal farming conditions

Population Density: Dense

Region: Western Europe

Factors that effect Population density:

Low-lying and gently sloping.

Pleasant Climate

Good water supply and good soil for farming. Easy communications and many Resources for industry

Population Density: Dense

Example Region: Sahara Desert

Factors that effect Population density:

Too hot and dry for people. Too dry and too little soil for crops. Sand makes transport and communications difficult

Population Density: Sparse

Region: Himalayan Mountains

Factors that effect Population density:

Too cold for people

Steep slopes are bad for communications and settlement.

Poor, thin soil bad for crops

Population Density: sparse

Population density Answer sheet

Key words

Low-lying Climate soil farming

resources hot wet forest

communications settlement flat

fertile cold snow ice steep poor thin bad sparse dense