Year 10 - Geography
Value of cold environments
Cold environments
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the location, characterisitics, opprtunities and challenges associated with one global environment, either hot deserts or cold environments. Pupils will also learn about plant and animal adaptation and about issues facing their chosen environment.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how cold environments are at risk from economic development and how they can be protected.
Key Notes
- Cold environments are at risk from economic development.
- Cold environments are valuable as wilderness areas and these fragile environments should be protected.
- Strategies are used to balance economic development and conservation in cold environments.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sustainable: using resources in a way that means future generations will still be able to use them in the same way
- biodiversity: a measure of how many different species live in an ecosystem
- conservation: protection and management of natural resources to prevent damage and maintain biodiversity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The only valuable resource in cold environments is timber.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Cold environments are at risk from economic development. Cold environments are valuable as wilderness areas and these fragile environments should be protected.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'sustainable'
using resources in a way that means future generations will still be able to use them in the same way.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: The only valuable resource in cold environments is timber. Correction: Many valuable resources are found in cold environments (albeit difficult to access), such as fossil fuels and minerals. Timber in polar and tundra regions is not found there. These are treeless areas. Timber is found further south in the taiga biome.
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