using land to raise farm animals and grow crops to feed humans and farm animals

the removal of trees, often to use the land for agriculture or building

the place where an organism lives, which provides the organism with food, shelter and a place to reproduce

the range of different living organisms (species) in an ecosystem

all the living organisms in a place interacting with each other and their non-living surroundings

Agriculture and habitat loss

Science

Deforestation affects the carbon and water cycles

Impacts of climate change on biodiversity

Climate change and food production

Advantages and disadvantages of plastic food packaging

Pupils will learn about biomass transfer including calculating the efficiency of transfers between trophic levels. They will learn about human impacts on the environment, food security and biotechnology to help maintain biodiversity and achieve food security.

In the Climate change and greenhouse gases unit, pupils learnt about greenhouse gas emissions from transport and industry, and the use of renewable energy resources and changes to transport infrastructure that could reduce emissions.

In this unit pupils learn about the impact of agriculture and deforestation on biodiversity, and to more thoroughly consider the effects of climate change on biodiversity and food production.

Climate change and biodiversity

the removal of trees to use the land for agriculture or building

the range of different species in an ecosystem

Match each word to its correct definition.

Which habitat is likely to have the highest biodiversity?

Using land to raise farm animals and grow crops is called {{}}.

The population is smaller now that it has been for the past 12 000 years.

There has been a rapid increase in population size over the past 200 years.

The population size is the same now as it was 2 000 years ago.

The population reached 1 billion people before the year 0.

The graph shows the human population of the world over the past 12 000 years. Which conclusion can be correctly made from the graph?

True or false? Deforestation for agriculture is a major cause of habitat loss and biodiversity loss.

Regrowing trees on land that is no longer used for agriculture is called {{}}.

Which photograph shows a forest ecosystem?

In this photograph, which organism is the prey?

In this photograph, which organism is a producer?

The place where an organism lives is called its __________.

The word {{}} means the range of different species in an ecosystem.

Agriculture and habitat loss

Lesson outcome