Ecosystem - a living community of plants and animals which also includes elements of the natural environment, such as climate and soil. Each element in the system whether living or natural, depends on, and influences, others.
Alternative defininition of an Ecosystem:
A community of plants and animals sharing an environment.The largest ecosystem units are called biomes.
The image above shows the global distribution of ecosystems (click on it for a larger view).
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Settlement Revision
The above image was taken in a favela in Rio de Janero, Brazil.
Some usefull weblinks for settlement revision:
S-Cool Revision on Settlement
A Quick Matching Exercise on another schools website
Revision Guidlines for Settlement - usefull information but ugly colour scheme
GCSE Bitesize Revision Link
Remember to ensure that you revise the meaning of key words; alot of people lost marks in their test because they did not know the meaning of all the key words.
If you find any other good resources or websites leave a comment or let your geography teacher know.
Some usefull weblinks for settlement revision:
S-Cool Revision on Settlement
A Quick Matching Exercise on another schools website
Revision Guidlines for Settlement - usefull information but ugly colour scheme
GCSE Bitesize Revision Link
Remember to ensure that you revise the meaning of key words; alot of people lost marks in their test because they did not know the meaning of all the key words.
If you find any other good resources or websites leave a comment or let your geography teacher know.
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This blog is set up to help our Year 10 Geographers make the most of their GCSE course; it will be updated after most lessons to give extra help and weblinks as well as a homework reminder.
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