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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 say why wildfires occur and talk about the impact of the Siberian wildfires.

Key Notes

• Wildfires are uncontrolled fires that spread fast through vegetation, e.g. forests, grasslands or shrublands.
• Wildfires have both natural and human causes.
• Climate change is making the conditions needed for wildfires to spread more likely.
• The carbon dioxide emitted from wildfires was a huge contribution to carbon emissions in 2022.
• The 2022 Siberian wildfires had devastating impacts on people and the environment.

Vocabulary To Learn

• global warming: the increase in Earth's average temperature over a long period of time
• habitat: the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism
• boreal forest: the world's largest land biome, found in the northern hemisphere
• carbon sink: anything that absorbs and stores more carbon dioxide than it releases

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Wildfires are all ignited naturally.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

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
• 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 temperate deciduous forests Study Guide
• The tropical rainforest biome Study Guide