Biosphere resources
I can explain that the biosphere provides important resources for local people and commercially.
- Year 10
- Edexcel B
Biosphere resources
I can explain that the biosphere provides important resources for local people and commercially.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The biosphere provides resources for local people.
- The biosphere is an important source of commercial resources, such as energy, water and minerals.
Keywords
Biosphere - the 'living' layer of Earth below the atmosphere
Indigenous people - people who have inhabited an area from the earliest times before the arrival of colonists
Resources - materials available in the environment (such as water, food and wood) that support our wants and needs
Commercial exploitation - the extraction and trading of materials, such as wood, for profit
Mineral resources - economically-valuable material concentrated in the Earth's crust, such as copper and oil
Common misconception
Indigenous people are cut off from the commercial world.
Indigenous people are increasingly linked to the wider world through technology and are affected by large-scale commercial resource exploitation.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these terms is a more accurate way of saying the sun's rays are 'spread over a larger area'?
Q2.Climate is the key factor influencing biome distribution because it influences growth.
Q3.Which of these biomes would be most likely to have developed in a tropical region with both a wet and a dry season?
Q4.Altitude influences the : the height above which trees can’t grow.
Q5.Limestone is a permeable rock and so limestone landscapes can have less vegetation because ...
Q6.Google Earth is an example of a GIS application. GIS stands for ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following refers to goods or resources obtained or extracted from ecosystems?
Q2.Which of these is an example of a mineral resource?
Q3.The Hongana Manyawa are an people living on the Indonesian island of Halmahera.
Q4.The provides the Hongana Manyawa people with the resources they need to live: food, freshwater, fuel, medicine and the building materials needed to construct their homes.
Q5.Match the following terms that relate to the lifestyle of indigenous peoples to the correct definitions.
