Geography Topics - Form Three

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TOPIC 1: Structure Of The Earth

 

1. The Earth's Crust, The Mantle, The Core and their Respective Characteristics

   • Identify concentric zones of the earth

   • Account for the variation in density and thickness of the concentric zones of the earth's crust

   • Describe the characteristics of the earth's crust, the mantle and the core

2. Types of Rocks of the Earth's Crust

   • Identify types of rocks of the earth's crust

   • Explain the mode of formation for each type of rocks and their economic importance

3. Simplified Geological Time Scale

   • Describe the geological time sale

 

TOPIC 2: Forces That Affect The Earth

 

1. Forces Causing Earth Movements

   • Explain the forces which cause earth movement and their origin

2. Radial/Vertical Movement

   • Describe the vertical/radical movement

   • Identify the resulting features from the vertical movement

3. Lateral or Horizontal Movement

   • Explain how horizontal movements take place

   • Identify different features produced by horizontal forces

4. Vulcanicity

   • Differentiate vulcanicity from volcanicity

   • Explain causes of volcanicity and resulting features

   • Classify features resulting from the processes of volcanicity

   • Locate the distribution of major volcanic zones in the world

   • Assess the economic importance of volcanoes

5. Earth-quakes

   • Define earthquake, epicenter and focus

   • Describe how earthquake can be detected

   • Explain the causes and effects of earthquake

   • Locate the possible areas where earthquake is likely to occur on the world map

6. External Forces

   • Define mass wasting

   • Identify types of mass wasting

   • Describe the factors which cause mass wasting

   • Assess the effects of mass wasting to the environment

7. Weathering

   • Define the term weathering

   • Identify types of weathering

   • Differentiate weathering processes

   • Assess the significance of weathering

8. Erosion and Deposition by Running Water, Ice, Wind and Wave Action

   • Define the concept of erosion and deposition

   • Examine how agents of erosion and deposition operate on the landscape

   • Examine erosional and Depositional Features for each Agent

   • Assess the importance of erosional and depositional features to human beings

9. Artificial Forces

   • Explain the meaning of artificial forces that cause earth movements

   • Describe causes and effects of artificial forces

 

TOPIC 3: Soil

 

1. Soil Formation

   • Define soil

   • Describe factors for soil formation

   • Assess the importance of Soil

2. Soil Composition and Properties

   • Illustrate soil composition and properties

3. Soil Profile and Characteristics

   • Define soil profile

   • Illustrate soil profile and its characteristics

4. Simple Soil Classification

   • Classify soil according to textural groups

5. Soil Erosion

   • Define soil erosion

   • Examine how agents of soil erosion work

   • Describe types and effects of erosion to social and economic activities

   • Relate population growth and rate of soil erosion on the quality of life

   • Demonstrate ways of controlling soil erosion through the application of various conservation techniques

 

TOPIC 4: Elementary Survey And Map Making

 

1. Meaning and Types of Survey

   • Explain the meaning of simple land survey

   • Explain the types of simple land survey

2. Chain Survey

   • Describe chain/tape survey

   • Explain different types of equipment used in chain/tape surveying

   • Practice chain/tape surveying activities at school level

   • Explain the importance of survey

 

TOPIC 5: Map Reading And Map Interpretation

 

1. Concept of Map Reading

   • Explain the concept of map and its importance to social economic activities

   • Identify essentials of a map

2. Reading and Interpreting Topographical Maps

   • Recognise features on a map

   • Generate information from maps

   • Interpret information in relation to daily activities

 

 

TOPIC 6: Photograph Reading and Interpretation

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1. Types of Photographs

   • Identify types of photographs

   • Differentiate between ground, vertical and oblique photographs

2. Reading and Interpreting Photographs

   • Read features presented on photographs

   • Identify natural and manmade features in the fore, middle and background of the photograph

   • Interpret features presented on the photograph

 

TOPIC 7: Application Of Statistics

 

1. Concept of Statistics

   • Explain the concept of statistics

   • Differentiate types of statistical data

   • Present data graphically

   • Explain the importance of statistics to the user

   • Describe how massive data can be summarised

2. Simple Statistical Measures and Interpretation

   • Describe methods of presenting simple and mixed data

   • Calculate the mean, mode and median

   • Explain the significance of mean, mode and median

   • Interpret data using simple statistical measures

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