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    Humans adapt biomes to produce food, industrial materials, and fibers through activities like agriculture and nomadic herding. Biomes are used for both commercial purposes like intensive agriculture and subsistence purposes. Small-scale refers to smaller areas or maps with less detail, while large-scale refers to larger areas or maps with more detail. A world map is an example of small-scale, while a map of a small region would be large-scale.

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    Humans adapt biomes to produce food, industrial materials, and fibers through activities like agriculture and nomadic herding. Biomes are used for both commercial purposes like intensive agriculture and subsistence purposes. Small-scale refers to smaller areas or maps with less detail, while large-scale refers to larger areas or maps with more detail. A world map is an example of small-scale, while a map of a small region would be large-scale.

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    Humans adapt biomes to produce food, industrial materials, and fibers through activities like agriculture and nomadic herding. Biomes are used for both commercial purposes like intensive agriculture and subsistence purposes. Small-scale refers to smaller areas or maps with less detail, while large-scale refers to larger areas or maps with more detail. A world map is an example of small-scale, while a map of a small region would be large-scale.

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    How are Biomes Used?

    1. What ways have human influenced biomes and the


    materials within them? (Including plants and animals)

    2. Join with a partner and go through each person’s list


    now expand your list and come up with more
    examples.

    3. SHARE- Each Group is to identifying a way that biomes


    are used.

    BIOMES USED TO PRODUCE FOOD, INDUSTRIAL


    MATERIALS AND FIBRES
    4. Explain the main reasons that humans adapt biomes?

    Study the source below (World economic activity):


    5. Describe the spatial distribution of the world’s
    agricultural production.

    6. Explain the different between using biomes for


    commercial purposes and subsistence purposes.

    7. Define nomadic herding and identify areas where it is


    used

    8. Explain the difference between using biomes for


    intensive agriculture and extensive agriculture

    SKILLS – DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE USE OF “LARGE”


    AND “SMALL” SCALES
    TERM REFERING TO LAND REFERING TO MAPS
    USE
    Small- scale Small area, e.g.80 Small ratio or fraction, e.g.
    hectares 1:250,000; small amount of
    detail
    Large- scale Huge area, e.g. Large ratio or fraction, e.g.
    1000km2 1:50000; large amount of
    detail

    9.Define the term small scale


    10.Define the term large scale

    11. Identify whether a world map is an example of a small or


    large scale and explain why or why not

    12. Identify whether a world map is an example of small or


    large scale and explain why or why not.

    13. Use the Internet to find two photographs, one being


    small scale and the other being large scale.

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