Sustainable Biomes Year 9 Geography

Introduction

Welcome Year 9

Geography

Sustainable Biomes

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Biomes exist on land and in oceans and differ according to their location and geographic characteristics.

Topography (the shape of the land), climate and soils mean similar land biomes can have different species of plants and animals.

Food can be produced from different biomes when people change the environment for example by ploughing the land, building greenhouses to grow plants and draining swamps and wetlands.

Lets learn more about which biomes produce food?

Task

Your task is to complete the online tasks that explore and deepen your understanding of sustainable biomes.

Outcomes to be achieved :

GE5-3 analyses the effect of interactions and connections between people, places and environments
GE5-5 assesses management strategies for places and environments for their sustainability
GE5-7 acquires and processes geographical information by selecting and using appropriate and relevant geographical tools for inquiry
GE5-8 communicates geographical information to a range of audiences using a variety of strategies

LETS BEGIN...

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Process

Task 1- The worlds major biomes

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Describe where the tundra areas are located?

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What proportion of Africa is taken up by deserts?

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Large areas of tropical rainforests are found on which continent?

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Name the regions of the world where temperate and Mediterranean biomes

can be found?

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Task 2 Agriculture Land Use

KEY; the darker the colour the closer to 100% coverage the area is a form of agricultue,

either crop land (yellow) or pasture (green)

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Compare the map of land use for agriculture with the map of biomes- figure 1

Which biomes are used mostly for cropland?

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which biomes are used mostly for pasture i.e animal grazing?

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which biomes produce the least food?

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Is there an interconnection between biomes and land used for agriculture?

Give examples.

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Task 3- Global Food Levels and Food Security

When people can grow food in a biome, they have access to nutritious , safe and sufficient food for a fit and healthy life, then the region can be said to be food secure.

Website:

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what-we-do/good-enough-to-eat

Step 1: Access the website above that looks at global food levels of 125 countries.

Step 2: select 6 countries from the menu

Step 3: locate the 6 countries within the food index

Step 4: Complete the table below to show the level of food security.

Food Index	Overall	Enough to Eat	Affordability	Food Quality	Diabetes & obesity
Country 1
Country 2
Country 3
Country 4
Country 5
Country 6

Step 5: Use the following infograph and your table to answer the following question.

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Do all people experience food security? explain and use examples.

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Evaluation

Assess Student Participation

Achievements	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
Student completes all online tasks.
Students work integrates knowledge and understanding.
Student interprets and discusses the factors influencing sustainable biomes
Student provides insights from their own experiences.

Student comments and feedback

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Conclusion

Congratulations!!!

You have successfully completed this online module.

Now you can go ahead and start working on the Assessment task 1 due in week 9.

Credits

Created by Ms Akram

Geography Teacher

2017

References:

Oxfam, viewed on 12 September 2017 from https://www.oxfam.org.au/get-involved/how-schools-can-get-involved/classroom-resources/food-4-thought-2/food-4-thought-geography/worksheet-2-which-biomes-are-able-to-produce-food/