Year 7 Geography: Global Environments
Syllabus Dot Points
 Students learn about the types of global environments and their location:
– coasts
– coral reefs
– deserts
– grasslands
– mountains
– polar lands
– rainforests
– rivers
– tundra
– wetlands
Unit Outline
1. Climate and Environment
2. Types of Environments
3. Planet Earth – From Pole to Pole
Metalanguage List
 biodiversity
 coasts
 community
 coral reefs
 countries
 deforestation
 deserts
 developed
 developing
 ecosystem
 fossil fuels
 grasslands
Kick start questions
1. List the types of global environments in the world.
2. Locate on a world map the types of global environments in the world.
3. Explain the relationship between the environment and climate.
4. Explain the relationship between latitude and climate.