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