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Brazil nut production
You can describe how Brazil nuts are grown, harvested, and exported, and threats to their production and trade.
Lesson 5 of 8
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- Year 5
Brazil nut production
You can describe how Brazil nuts are grown, harvested, and exported, and threats to their production and trade.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Brazil nuts have a specific life cycle, to which there are some potential threats.
- Agouti are small rainforest animals which are critical for the life cycle of Brazil nuts in the rainforest ecosystem.
- The plants and animals in the rainforest are interconnected and depend on each other.
- A variety of information sources can be used to investigate Brazil nuts and threats to their production and trade.
Keywords
Pollinate - Pollinate means depositing pollen on parts of a plant or flower to enable fertilisation to take place.
Life cycle - A life cycle is the series of stages that plants, animals and other livings things go through during their lifetime.
Common misconception
Pupils think that Brazil nuts are only found in Brazil.
Brazil nuts can be found in multiple countries in South America including Peru, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia.
As an additional activity, pupils could investigate an example of interdependence in the UK.
Teacher tip
Licence
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Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following foods are widely grown in the UK? Select two answers.
Which of the following foods are widely grown in the UK? Select two answers.
oranges
mangoes
Q2.Which part of a plant am I? I have petals, and bees often like to visit me. Select 1 answer.
Which part of a plant am I? I have petals, and bees often like to visit me. Select 1 answer.
fruit
root
stem
Q3.What part of a plant am I? I have seeds inside me and I am sometimes eaten by animals. Select 1 answer.
What part of a plant am I? I have seeds inside me and I am sometimes eaten by animals. Select 1 answer.
flower
leaf
root
Q4.____________ is when pollen is deposited on parts of a plant or flower to enable fertilisation to take place.
____________ is when pollen is deposited on parts of a plant or flower to enable fertilisation to take place.
dispersal
germination
flowering
Q5. __________ describes the series of stages that plants, animals and other livings things go through during their lifetime. Select 1 answer.
__________ describes the series of stages that plants, animals and other livings things go through during their lifetime. Select 1 answer.
fertilisation
reproduction
dispersal
Q6.__________ refers to a natural environment and the plants and animals that live and interact within that environment. Select 1 answer.
__________ refers to a natural environment and the plants and animals that live and interact within that environment. Select 1 answer.
habitat
biome
climate
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which creature pollinates the flowers of the Brazil nut tree? Select 1 answer.
Which creature pollinates the flowers of the Brazil nut tree? Select 1 answer.
a species of hummingbird
a species of butterfly
Q2.How are the seeds of the Brazil nut tree dispersed? Select 1 answer.
How are the seeds of the Brazil nut tree dispersed? Select 1 answer.
by wind
by water
Q3. Order these stages of the Brazil nut lifecycle.
Order these stages of the Brazil nut lifecycle.
Q4. Order these stages to show what happens to most of the Brazil nuts that are collected by people in the Amazon rainforest.
Order these stages to show what happens to most of the Brazil nuts that are collected by people in the Amazon rainforest.
Q5.Which of these is a likely effect of the agouti going extinct? Select 1 anwer.
Which of these is a likely effect of the agouti going extinct? Select 1 anwer.
fewer new Brazil nut trees being able to grow
less nectar for the female Euglossine bee to feed on
not as many Brazil nuts being produced
people losing their jobs
Q6.Match the keyword with the correct description.
Match the keyword with the correct description.
