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AC9HG8K05

the causes and impacts of a geomorphological hazard on people, places and environments, and the effects of responses

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Knowledge and understanding in Year 8.

AC9HG8K01

geomorphological processes that produce different landscapes and significant landforms

AC9HG8K02

the location and distribution of Australia’s distinctive landscapes and significant landforms

AC9HG8K03

the spiritual, aesthetic and cultural value of landscapes and landforms for people, including Country/Place of First Nations Australians

AC9HG8K04

the interconnections between human activity and geomorphological processes, and ways of managing distinctive landscapes

AC9HG8K06

causes of urbanisation and its impacts on places and environments, drawing on a study from a country such as the United States of America, and its implications

AC9HG8K07

differences in the distribution of urban settlements and urban concentration in Australia compared with another country such as the United States of America, and their implications

AC9HG8K08

reasons for, and effects of, internal migration and international migration in Australia, China or other countries

AC9HG8K09

strategies to manage the sustainability of Australia’s changing urban places

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HG8K05 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 8.

  1. Year 7AC9HG7K01classification of environmental resources and the way that water connects and changes places as it moves through environments
  2. Year 7AC9HG7K02the location and distribution of water resources in Australia, their implications, and strategies to manage the sustainability of water
  3. Year 7AC9HG7K03the economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value of water for people, including First Nations Australians
  4. Year 7AC9HG7K04the causes and impacts of an atmospheric or hydrological hazard, and responses from communities and governments
  5. Year 7AC9HG7K05factors that influence the decisions people make about where to live, including perceptions of the liveability of places and the influence of environmental quality
  6. Year 7AC9HG7K06the location and distribution of services and facilities, and implications for liveability of places
  7. Year 7AC9HG7K07the cultural connectedness of people to places and how this influences their identity, sense of belonging and perceptions of a place, in particular the cultural connectedness of First Nations Australians to Country/Place
  8. Year 7AC9HG7K08strategies used to enhance the liveability of a place, including for young people, the aged or those with disability, drawing on studies such as those from Australia or Europe
  9. Year 9AC9HG9K01the distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity
  10. Year 9AC9HG9K02the effects on environments of human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres
  11. Year 9AC9HG9K03the environmental, economic and technological factors that impact agricultural productivity, in Australia and a country in Asia
  12. Year 9AC9HG9K04challenges to sustainable food production and food security in Australia and appropriate management strategies
  13. Year 9AC9HG9K05the ways changing transportation and technologies are used to connect people to services, information and people in other places
  14. Year 9AC9HG9K06the effects on places of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices, and the strategies for managing the impacts on these places
  15. Year 9AC9HG9K07the ways that places and people are interconnected with other places through trade in goods and services, at all scales
  16. Year 9AC9HG9K08the impacts of the production and consumption of goods on places throughout the world, and strategies to manage sustainability in these places

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