Mapping changes in forests around the world | Geography

Starter quiz

Climate zones are areas that have similar ______.

weather conditions and climate ✓

physical features

human features
Match the key word to its definition.

evergreen

⇔

trees and shrubs that keep their leaves all year round ✓

deciduous

⇔

trees and shrubs that lose all their leaves in autumn and winter ✓

native

⇔

those already growing in a place and not introduced there by humans ✓
What is the boreal forest climate like?

short, cool winters and hot summers with incredibly warm temperatures

long, warm summers and long winters

short, cool summers and long winters with incredibly cold temperatures ✓
The most common boreal tree species are deciduous and evergreen conifers such as:

larch ✓

pine ✓

oak

fir ✓

spruce ✓
Which continent does not contain any temperate deciduous forest?

Africa ✓

North America

Europe
Which forest biome is being described here: "This biome is home to over half the world’s plants and animal species."

boreal

temperate deciduous

tropical rainforest ✓

Exit quiz

What is deforestation?

Deforestation is the process of planting more trees.

Deforestation is the process of studying trees.

Deforestation is the process of cutting down trees and clearing forests. ✓
__________ describes people who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else.

Local

Global

Indigenous ✓
How much land is covered by forests globally?

one quarter

one third ✓

one half
Over the last 10,000 years, the world has __________ one-third of its forests.

gained

kept

lost ✓
Most of the world's woodland is...

boreal

temperate deciduous

tropical rainforest ✓
Order the type of woodland starting with the largest proportion.

1

⇔

tropical rainforest

2

⇔

boreal

3

⇔

temperate deciduous

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Key learning points

Maps can give us information about the location and extent of forests globally.
Some parts of the world, such as the Amazon, are experiencing deforestation.
Satellite imagery can be used to identify how much deforestation has happened.
Deforestation impacts on local and global communities in many different ways.

Common misconception

Trees are a renewable resource and can just be cut down then replanted without any negative impact.

It can take hundreds of years for some woodland to become established with the same benefits. It is important to protect the global forests that we currently have.

Keywords

Indigenous - Indigenous describes people who are the original inhabitants of a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else
Hectare - A hectare is a measurement of land. Each hectare is 10,000 square metres
Satellite image - A satellite image is a photograph taken from high above using a satellite
Deforestation - Deforestation is the complete removal of trees