Year 5 - Geography
The benefits of trees
Local and global: why are trees and forests important?
Study Hub
Study Guides
This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Unit Summary
This unit explores the importance of trees and forests at local, national and global scales. Pupils investigate the benefits of trees, map forest change over time, and plan action in response to environmental change in their own local area.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify some common British trees, and map some in the local area.
Key Notes
- Trees provide a wide range of natural resources that are used by humans and wildlife.
- Trees absorb carbon, helping to reduce climate change.
- Trees have features that can help with species identification, including the location where they grow.
Vocabulary To Learn
- native: Native species are those already growing in a place and not introduced there by humans
- climate change: Climate change is a large-scale and long-term change in the planet's climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures
- broadleaf tree: A broadleaf tree has flat leaves and produces seeds inside of fruits
- biodiversity: Biodiversity means all the living things in an ecosystem or area
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All broadleaf trees shed their leaves (are deciduous).
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Trees provide a wide range of natural resources that are used by humans and wildlife. Trees absorb carbon, helping to reduce climate change.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'native'
Native species are those already growing in a place and not introduced there by humans.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: All broadleaf trees shed their leaves (are deciduous). Correction: Some broadleaf trees are evergreen like the native holly tree. Broadleaf just means the trees have broad, flat leaves.
More Lessons In This Unit
Browse all guides in the Year 5 Geography guide library.