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AC9HG9K02

the effects on environments of human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres

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Taught alongside it

The rest of Knowledge and understanding in Year 9.

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the distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity

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the environmental, economic and technological factors that impact agricultural productivity, in Australia and a country in Asia

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challenges to sustainable food production and food security in Australia and appropriate management strategies

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the ways changing transportation and technologies are used to connect people to services, information and people in other places

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the effects on places of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices, and the strategies for managing the impacts on these places

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the ways that places and people are interconnected with other places through trade in goods and services, at all scales

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the impacts of the production and consumption of goods on places throughout the world, and strategies to manage sustainability in these places

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9HG9K02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 9.

  1. Year 8AC9HG8K01geomorphological processes that produce different landscapes and significant landforms
  2. Year 8AC9HG8K02the location and distribution of Australia’s distinctive landscapes and significant landforms
  3. Year 8AC9HG8K03the spiritual, aesthetic and cultural value of landscapes and landforms for people, including Country/Place of First Nations Australians
  4. Year 8AC9HG8K04the interconnections between human activity and geomorphological processes, and ways of managing distinctive landscapes
  5. Year 8AC9HG8K05the causes and impacts of a geomorphological hazard on people, places and environments, and the effects of responses
  6. Year 8AC9HG8K06causes 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
  7. Year 8AC9HG8K07differences 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
  8. Year 8AC9HG8K08reasons for, and effects of, internal migration and international migration in Australia, China or other countries
  9. Year 8AC9HG8K09strategies to manage the sustainability of Australia’s changing urban places
  10. Year 10AC9HG10K01the human-induced changes that challenge the sustainability of places and environments
  11. Year 10AC9HG10K02the environmental world views of people and their implications for environmental management
  12. Year 10AC9HG10K03First Nations Australians’ approaches to custodial responsibility and environmental management in different regions of Australia
  13. Year 10AC9HG10K04causes and effects of a change in an identified environment at a local, national or global scale, and strategies to manage sustainability
  14. Year 10AC9HG10K05the methods used to measure spatial variations in human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to determine differences between places at the global scale
  15. Year 10AC9HG10K06reasons for, and consequences of, spatial variations in human wellbeing at a regional and national scale, drawing on studies such as from within India or another country in Asia
  16. Year 10AC9HG10K07reasons for, and consequences of, spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia, including for First Nations Australians
  17. Year 10AC9HG10K08responses of international and national government and non-government organisations to improve human wellbeing in Australia, within India and another country in the Pacific

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