Academic year:
Units and Topics
| # | Unit/Topic | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | How Seasons Occur - Part 1 | - |
| 2 | The Sun, the Moon and the Earth | - |
| 3 | Tides | - |
| 4 | Air Pressure | - |
| 5 | Winds | - |
| 6 | Natural Regions | - |
| 7 | Soils | - |
| 8 | How Seasons Occur - Part 2 | - |
| 9 | Agriculture | - |
| 10 | Human Settlements | - |
| 11 | Contour Maps and Landforms | - |
| Total | - |
Syllabus
1 How Seasons Occur - Part 1
2 The Sun, the Moon and the Earth
3 Tides
4 Air Pressure
5 Winds
- Introduction of Wind
- Wind
- Planetary Winds
- Trade Winds
- Westerlies
- Polar Easterlies
- Local Winds
- Local winds - Loo, Chinook, Foehn, and Mistral.
- Planetary Winds
- Characteristics of Valley Breeze
- Characteristics of the Mountain Breeze
- Seasonal Winds (Monsoon)
- Cyclones
- Cyclonic Storms
- Anticyclones
6 Natural Regions
- Natural Regions of the World
- Location, area, climate, natural vegetation, and human adaptation.
7 Soils
- Introduction of Soil
- Factors Necessary for Soil Formation
- Parent rock
- Regional climate
- Biotic material
- Time
- Types of Soil
- Coarse soil
- Regur or Black soil
- Laterite Soil
- Alluvial soil of the coastal strip
- Yellow-brown soil
- Soil Erosion and Degradation
- Soil Conservation
8 How Seasons Occur - Part 2
9 Agriculture
- Introduction of Agriculture
- Livestock/Animal Husbandry
- Goat
- Sheep
- Fishing
- Marine Fishing
- Inland Fishing
- Types of Farming
- Subsistence farming
- Commercial farming
- Plantation farming
- Mixed farming
- Subsistence Farming
- Intensive Farming
- Shifting Cultivation
- Commercial Farming
- Extensive grain farming
- Plantation farming
- Market gardening
- Horticulture/Floriculture
- Agrotourism
- Marketing Systems
10 Human Settlements
- Introduction of Human Settlements
- Scattered Settlements
- Characteristics of Scattered Settlements
- Nucleated Settlements
- Characteristics of Nucleated Settlements
- Linear Settlements
- Characteristics of Linear Settlements
11 Contour Maps and Landforms
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