Year 7 - Geography
Climate change and the forests
Forest biomes: why are forests so important?
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the distribution of forest biomes around the world. Pupils will learn about how humans interact with forests and the challenges that can result. Pupils will also learn how humans seek to manage forests to ensure a sustainable future for the biome and the wider world.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how deforestation contributes to climate change and how climate change impacts forests.
Key Notes
- Global temperatures are increasing because of climate change.
- Forests remove carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere and replace it with oxygen.
- Deforestation is a major contributor to climate change.
- Climate change can cause changes to species in a forest; the spread of pests and diseases and more and worse wildfires.
Vocabulary To Learn
- greenhouse gases: gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat
- carbon dioxide: one of the greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere that traps heat
- solar radiation: energy radiated from the sun via electromagnetic waves
- deforestation: the complete removal of trees
- decompose: to break down a substance into smaller parts
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The greenhouse effect has a negative impact.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Global temperatures are increasing because of climate change. Forests remove carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere and replace it with oxygen.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'greenhouse gases'
gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: The greenhouse effect has a negative impact. Correction: The greenhouse effect is a natural process that is essential for life on Earth. Without it, our planet would be too cold to sustain most life forms.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Animals and plants in the temperate deciduous forests Study Guide
- Mangroves: forests of the seas Study Guide
- People's use of the boreal forest Study Guide
- People's use of the rainforest Study Guide
- Protecting the tropical rainforest Study Guide
- The boreal forest biome Study Guide
- The forests of the world Study Guide
- The future of our forests Study Guide
- The Siberian wildfires Study Guide
- The temperate deciduous forests Study Guide
- The tropical rainforest biome Study Guide
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