Year 7 - Geography
People's use of the boreal forest
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 describe how people live in the boreal forest, human activities there and the impact of these activities.
Key Notes
- Communities such as the Saami live in parts of the boreal forest, they are traditionally reindeer herders.
- Traditional ways of life in the boreal forest are being threatened.
- Deforestation is rapidly reducing the size of boreal forests to make way for human activity.
- Deforestation has led to the fragmentation of the woodland caribou habitat.
Vocabulary To Learn
- boreal forest: the world's largest land biome, found in the Northern hemisphere
- Indigenous: people who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved from elsewhere
- rural: something to do with the countryside
- urban: something to do with a city or town
- migration: moving from one place to another with the intention of staying there
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All Indigenous people have a traditional lifestyle.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Communities such as the Saami live in parts of the boreal forest, they are traditionally reindeer herders. Traditional ways of life in the boreal forest are being threatened.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'boreal forest'
the world's largest land biome, found in the Northern hemisphere.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: All Indigenous people have a traditional lifestyle. Correction: Indigenous people may have a traditional lifestyle, e.g. reindeer herders, or may have taken on less traditional lifestyles and/or migrated.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Animals and plants in the temperate deciduous forests Study Guide
- Climate change and the forests Study Guide
- Mangroves: forests of the seas 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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