Humanities Year 8 Term 1 2023 Review
Landscapes and landforms
Rainforests
Landforms
Physical features of Earth's surface
Formed by geological processes
Valleys (erosion)
Mountains (subduction)
Peaks (subduction)
Also called hills
Canyons (erosion)
Plains (erosion or nothing)
Plateaus (erosion)
Weathering (deserts)
Landscapes
Visible features of an area or land
Natural landscapes
Built landscapes
Made by or influenced by men
Examples are infrastructure, schools, corporate buildings, bridges etc.
Shaped by natural processes
Examples can be rivers, volcanoes, waterfalls etc
Climate graphs
Represents precipitation and temperatures of a space over a year
Precipitation on left and temperature on right
Climate descriptions
Describe the trend or information in a climate graph
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Temperate
Very cold
Not much rain
Montane
Hard for humans to reach
Very high altitudes
Tropical
Home to most wildlife out of all rainforests
Relatively north
High levels of precipitation