Lesson 2
Now that you all have had some time to get acquainted with Google Earth we are starting for real! For this task you need to have Google Docs. (see How to get Google Docs if you need help)
Write your answers in english please! Answer as detailed as possible.
1. ) How do we use the land?
Different areas have different colors depending on how the land is beeing used. Zoom to a position where you can see both Sweden and Denmark at the same time.
- Find out by zooming in over different colored areas what the land is beeing used for in both Sweden and Denmark. Have you found any areas with the same color in these countries?
Useful words for different types of land use:
Forestry - skogsbruk
Agriculture - jordbruk
Pasture - betesmark
Mire - myr
Heathland - hed
Mountain - berg/fjäll
2.) Where do people live?
Actually there´s only three percent of Sweden that is habitated. There are also very big differences between the north and south of Sweden when it comes to density of the population. If you look at the three biggest cities in Sweden you find that they are all situated pretty much in the south end of Sweden. You are going to look at where people live and what they do.
- If you cut Sweden of in three halves so you have “the north”, “the middle” and “the south” try and estimate how many percent of the population who lives in these different areas.
- Now look at how people use the land in these three areas. What do you think that most people work with in these different areas? Why do you think it has become this way?
Useful words:
Habitation - bebyggelse
Population density - befolkningstäthet
