🌳 Part 1: Rainforest Land Use Knowledge

1. Why do people choose to live in rainforest areas? Circle all correct answers:

Access to fresh water from rivers

Rich soil for growing crops

Natural resources like timber

Cold temperatures

2. Match each land use with its environmental impact:

Logging

Farming

Conservation areas

Road building

Protects wildlife habitats

Removes trees and destroys habitat

Clears forest for crops and cattle

Fragments the forest

3. Which colour would you use to show farmland on a land use map?

Green

Brown

Blue

Grey

🗺️ Part 2: Creating Your Land Use Map

4. In the box below, draw a simple map of a rainforest area. Include and label at least 4 different land uses using appropriate colours:

Suggested colours: Green = forest, Brown = farmland, Grey = settlements, Blue = rivers, Yellow = cleared areas

5. Create a map key for your drawing above. Write what each colour represents:

Green = ________________________

Brown = ________________________

Grey = ________________________

Blue = ________________________

Yellow = ________________________

💡 Part 3: Sustainable Solutions

6. Imagine you are planning a new settlement in the rainforest. Describe two ways people could live there WITHOUT harming the environment:

7. Complete this sentence about balancing human needs with environmental protection:

It is important to balance how we live in the rainforest with protecting it because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Circle the most sustainable way to use rainforest land:

Cut down all trees for cattle farming

Build roads through the middle of the forest

Create protected areas and practise sustainable farming

Build large cities in the forest

Rainforest Land Use Mapping

Rainforest Land Use Mapping

🌳 Part 1: Rainforest Land Use Knowledge

🗺️ Part 2: Creating Your Land Use Map

💡 Part 3: Sustainable Solutions

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