Starter quiz
- Infrastructure is all the basic systems in a country, such as...
- transport ✓
- mountains
- power supply ✓
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- Woodland has been cut down through history to make way for...
- farming ✓
- settlements ✓
- biodiversity
- transport links ✓
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- Without the influence of humans the UK would mainly be...
- roads and buildings
- agricultural land
- woodland and forest ✓
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- UK woodland cover is ______ other European countries.
- much higher than in
- about the same as in
- much lower than in ✓
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- What happened to woodland cover in the UK during Roman times?
- woodland cover was reduced even more ✓
- woodlands became more managed to supply timber needed for Roman settlements ✓
- woodland cover was increased
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- What happened to woodland in the UK after the end of the First World War?
- there was an excess of timber
- there was a shortage of timber ✓
- many new native tree species were planted
- many new non-native tree species were planted ✓
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Exit quiz
- ______ trees and shrubs lose all their leaves in autumn and winter and grow new leaves in spring.
- Deciduous ✓
- Older
- Evergreen
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- A ______ is a large region of the world with places that have similar climates, vegetation and animals that have adapted to living there.
- 'biome' ✓
- Which of these trees are deciduous?
- aak ✓
- beech ✓
- pine
- fir
- ash ✓
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- Which forest biome is this a description of: "The climate is warm and wet. Temperatures are high throughout the year and there is no winter."
- boreal
- temperate deciduous
- tropical ✓
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- The ______ determines which trees and plants are able to grow in particular locations.
- 'climate' ✓
- Trees that grow in a climate with long, cold winters and short cool summers can be found in ______ vegetation belts.
- boreal forest ✓
- temperate forest
- tropical rainforest
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Key learning points
- There are more than 60,000 species of tree across the world and forests cover about a third of its land mass.
- Boreal, temperate and tropical are simple categorisations of the world’s forest biomes.
- Deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn and evergreen trees keep their leaves all the year around.
Common misconception
Children may not understand the concept of migration.
Explain that some animals move from one region or habitat to another according to the seasons.
Keywords
Biome - A biome is a large region of the world with places that have similar climates, vegetation and animals that have adapted to living there
Deciduous - Deciduous trees and shrubs lose all their leaves in autumn and winter and grow new leaves in spring
Climate zone - Climate zones are areas that have similar weather conditions and climate, e.g. the tropics
Evergreen - Evergreen trees and shrubs keep their leaves all year round
Vegetation belt - Vegetation belts are large areas in biomes that have similar plants
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