Year 7 - Geography
People's use of the rainforest
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 different ways people use tropical rainforests and explain the impacts of deforestation.
Key Notes
- Indigenous peoples have been living in tropical rainforests for thousands of years.
- People use rainforests in a variety of ways including farming, mining, medicine and homes.
- Deforestation is rapidly reducing the size of rainforests to make way for human activity.
- Deforestation has negative impacts: loss of carbon sinks, loss of habitats, soil erosion and the displacement of people.
Vocabulary To Learn
- indigenous: People who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from elsewhere.
- commercial: Related to the making of money from buying or selling things.
- economy: The way money in a particular area is made and spent.
- erosion: The process of Earth's surface, e.g. rock or soil, being worn away and transported from its original site.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Only people that live in/near the rainforest use it.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Indigenous peoples have been living in tropical rainforests for thousands of years. People use rainforests in a variety of ways including farming, mining, medicine and homes.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'indigenous'
People who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from elsewhere.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Only people that live in/near the rainforest use it. Correction: Many products grown/extracted from the rainforest are exported and used by people all over the world.
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 boreal forest 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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