Biosphere resources
I can understand that the biosphere provides important resources for local people and commercially.
Biosphere resources
I can understand that the biosphere provides important resources for local people and commercially.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
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.
To help you plan your year 10 geography lesson on: Biosphere resources, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
foraging or gathering food and/or hunting wild animals
lifestyle that involves staying in one place temporarily before moving
farming a plot for just a few years before leaving it to regenerate
cutting and burning small areas of forest to create plots to farm