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www.learnanywhere.co.uk. Geography at Key Stage 2 Unit 15: . The mountain environment. Unit 15: The mountain environment. What is a mountain environment?. What features do these environments have? What features does a mountain environment have?. Unit 15: The mountain environment.

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  1. www.learnanywhere.co.uk Geography at Key Stage 2 Unit 15: The mountain environment

  2. Unit 15: The mountain environment What is a mountain environment? What features do these environments have? What features does a mountain environment have? Unit 15: The mountain environment

  3. Unit 15: The mountain environment Where are mountain environments found? The Rockies The Alps The Himalayas The Pyrenees The Andes Unit 15: The mountain environment

  4. Unit 15: The mountain environment What are these places like? The Himalayas The Pyrenees The Rockies • Choose a mountain environment to investigate. • What plants and animals live there? • What is the weather like? • How is this environment different from other mountain environments? Unit 15: The mountain environment

  5. Unit 15: The mountain environment The mountain environment At the top of very high mountains, it stays cold all the time and the snow never melts On the higher parts of the mountain, nothing can grow and there are fewer animals The higher up the mountain you go, the thinner the air is, which makes it harder to breathe Trees and other plants grow on the lower slopes and animals live here too. Unit 15: The mountain environment

  6. Unit 15: The mountain environment How does the weather compare in each of these places? You can use the internet to find out details about the weather in the mountain environment you are studying. Here are some of the things that you should find out: the average temperature the amount of rain or snow what time the sun rises/sets the amount of sunshine the amount and speed of wind Unit 15: The mountain environment

  7. Unit 15: The mountain environment What effect does the weather have on tourism? This picture shows the Alps, between France, Italy and Switzerland. Many people go there on skiing holidays. How do you think the weather might have an effect on people’s skiing holiday? What would happen if it was too warm? What would happen if it snowed too much? Unit 15: The mountain environment

  8. Unit 15: The mountain environment What equipment would we need for a mountain expedition? first aid kit ice axe warm clothes climbing rope climbing boots maps Can you think of anything else? Unit 15: The mountain environment

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