Biomes and Food Security · Physical Systems
Altering Biomes for Agriculture
An analysis of how humans modify biomes to produce food and the resulting environmental consequences.
Key Questions
- 1Why do people settle in specific biomes for agricultural purposes?
- 2What are the environmental consequences of converting natural biomes into cropland?
- 3How has technology changed the way we manipulate physical environments?
ACARA Content Descriptions
AC9G9K02
Year: Year 9
Subject: Geography
Unit: Biomes and Food Security
Period: Physical Systems
Suggested Methodologies
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