Temperatures, rainfall and location of deserts.
Different sustainable uses of the rainforest: Selective logging, conservation, Education, Ecotourism, International Agreements, Debt Reduction
Goods and Services from the tropical Rainforests.
The amazon rainforest and the impacts of Deforestation, both positive and negative.
GCSE geography: Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest- what causes it, why it's done and the trends though out the years.
Adaptations and why they occur- GCSE geography.
Biodiversity, impact of change to an ecosystem and the nutrient cycle.
The climate of rainforests- amount of rain and temperature //Rainforest soils- leaching, and nutrients //Structure of a Rainforest- canopy, emergents and roots// why rainforests are so important
I talk about what a biome is and what sort of factors effect these biomes, including, temperature, marine influence, precipitation, continentality, altitude and latitude.
I talk about what an eco system is, different types ( abiotic and biotic) and different key definitions. Composers, decomposers, producers, food chain, food webs and nutrients.
What factors affect energy supply and how energy resources are classified.
Sustainable food resources that are likely to come in the future.
Why food security is such an issue, and where food insecurity is worst.
Why water us not equally available to all, and how we use water ourselves.
We look at the IPCC and why it is hard to predict temperature and sea levels rising.
Milankovitch cycles, sunspots and volcanoes
How to mitigate the effects of a tropical storm long term and short term for people and buildings.