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GTANSW & ACT's insight:
Syllabus
Changing biomes
Students investigate the human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres and the environmental effects of these alterations, for example:
- examination of human alterations to the physical characteristics of biomes eg vegetation removal, agriculture - assessment of environmental impacts of human alterations to biomes eg habitat and biodiversity loss - discussion of successful sustainability strategies that minimise environmental impacts
“Biomes exist on land and in oceans and differ according to their location and geographic characteristics. Topography (the shape of the land), climate and”
GTANSW & ACT's insight:
NSW Syllabus
Content focus
Students:
- examine the physical characteristics and productivity of biomes. - examine the correlation between the world’s climatic zones and spatial distributions of biomes and their capacity to support food and non-food agricultural production
Food can be produced from different biomes when people change the environment such as, building greenhouses to grow plants, building terraces on slopes etc
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Syllabus
Changing biomes
Students investigate the human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres and the environmental effects of these alterations, for example:
- examination of human alterations to the physical characteristics of biomes eg vegetation removal, agriculture
- assessment of environmental impacts of human alterations to biomes eg habitat and biodiversity loss
- discussion of successful sustainability strategies that minimise environmental impacts
Geoworld 9 NSW
Chapter 2 Biomes produce food & non food products
2.13 Food and non food products from forests