Geography / Levels 3 and 4 / Geographical Concepts and Skills / Place, space and interconnection
Content description
Identify and explain the interconnections within places and between places
Elaborations
identifying the main types of natural vegetation, including forest, savannah, grassland, woodland and desert, and explaining the relationship between climate and natural vegetation
describing how natural processes can break down and recycle some wastes safely. For example, through composting or purifying water as it moves through the environment
exploring how vegetation produces the oxygen all land animals (including people) breathe, protects land from erosion by water or wind, retains rainfall, provides habitat for animals, shelters crops and livestock, provides shade for people, cools urban places, produces medicines, wood and fibre, and can make places appear more attractive
investigating and comparing what it would be like to live in a place with a climate different to their own place
recognising that the distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples before colonisation was concentrated in more productive areas such as in the coastal and riverine areas of Australia
Code
VCGGC073
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