AC9HS4K05
Geography
the importance of environments, including natural vegetation and water sources, to people and animals in Australia and on another continent
Elaborations
- AC9HS4K05_E1identifying the main types of vegetation, including forest, savannah, grassland, woodland and desert, and exploring natural vegetation in Australia and another continent such as Africa or South America
- AC9HS4K05_E2exploring how vegetation has an important role in sustaining the environment by producing oxygen, protecting food-producing land from erosion, retaining rainfall, providing habitat for animals, sheltering crops and livestock, providing shade for people, cooling urban places, producing medicines, wood and fibre, and making places appear more attractive
- AC9HS4K05_E3explaining how people’s connections with their environment can also be aesthetic, emotional and spiritual
- AC9HS4K05_E4exploring strategies to protect particular environments that provide habitats for animals; for example, planting bird-attracting vegetation
- AC9HS4K05_E5identifying the importance of water to the environment and to sustaining the lives of people and animals
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