C2.1 - Lesson 2: Life in the Amazon

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LANDSCAPE ZONES

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C2.1: Life in the Amazon

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What is the plan for today?

Repeat: THE GEOGUIDE

The first landscape zone: Life in the Amazon

GEOGUIDE

When do I know when

I need the GeoGuide?

CHECK START

Check Start

1, 2, 4 & 5

TODAY'S GOALS

1. You can explain the difference between a natural landscape and a man-made landscape.
   
2. You can explain the difference between a physical and a social factor. 
   
3. You can describe temperature, precipitation and vegetation in the tropical rainforest. 

Try to explain:

What is a landscape zone?

LANDSCAPE ZONES

Tropical rainforest

Savannah

Steppe

Desert

Use the atlas:

Find a place that's located in:

• Tropical rainforest
• Savannah
• Steppes
• Desert

NATURAL LANDSCAPE

Landscape untouched by humans, still in its natural state.

MAN-MADE LANDSCAPE

Landscape where people have built houses, roads, fields etc.

Natural- or man-made landscape?

Natural- or man-made landscape?

Natural- or man-made landscape?

Natural- or man-made landscape?

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Location

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Vegetation

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Biodiversity

Different forms of life in nature

You can describe temperature, precipitation and vegetation in the tropical rainforest. 

Open your GeoGuide

Read C2.1: Life in the Amazon

Open page 24-25 in your coursebook and G96 and answer the following questions in your notebook.

1. Write down 4 characteristics of the tropical rainforest.
2. In which continent is the biggest rainforest?
3. Explain why Brasil has an uneven population distribution.
4. Give 2 reasons why there is a lot of deforestation.

Finished? Make exercise 2, 3, 4 & 5 in your workbook!

Let's go!

• Read C2.1: Life in the Amazon + G38
• Make question 2, 3 & 4 in your workbook
  

Rules while working:

• You're allowed to work together. (WHISPERING)
• Raise your finger if you have a question.

Finished? Make exercise 1 in your workbook.