Author: Jenny Stewart

Y4 Geography Knowledge Organiser.
Vocabulary		People / Movement- I understand people’s movement and that this requires infrastructure including road, rail and air	Place / Europe– I understand that regions make up a country and different countries make up Europe	Enquiry / Questioning- I understand that comparing information helps generate further questions to explore
global warming	The increase in Earths average temperature over time.	As geographers, we will be thinking about how our carbon footprint can impact Earth. In our last enquiry, we learnt about the wildfires in Greece. During this time, we considered the climate in Greece and thought about how the climate could be linked to the causes of the wildfires. / In this enquiry, we are going to be learning about how our actions can affect land outside of our continent. The Amazon Rainforest is the largest in the world and inhabits many species. However, the Amazon is decreasing as our world is growing. For example, parts of the rainforest have been cut down to grow crops. We will be thinking about how we can look after our carbon footprint to help the Amazon. / Key vocabulary: / infrastructure / region / continent / Europe / non– European	As geographers, it is important that we understand some key vocabulary to be able to further our learning. While we are learning about the Amazon Rainforest, we will be making connections between different regions both in and out of Europe. As we learn about the Amazon, we will be making links between our land and the land in the Amazon and how they are the same and/ or different. / Important learning objectives that we will be covering: / LO: I can use a topographical map to look at the land features. / LO: I can use an atlas to find out where the Amazon Rainforest is.	As geographers, we will be asking questions to develop our learning further. When we are developing our research skills, there will opportunities for us to deepen our learning by think about why something might be happening. For example, why are so many trees being cut down in the Amazon? / In geography, it is important that we revisit our learning to help us to understand new learning. As a result, we will be recapping the water cycle, which was learnt about in year 3, to help us to learn about the ecosystems of the Amazon Rainforest. / Key Vocabulary: / ecosystem / deforestation / the water cycle
carbon footprint	The amount of C02 released into the atmosphere because of the energy we use.
region	An area of land that has common features.
continent	A large solid area of land.
Europe	The continent that we live in.
Non– European	Countries outside of the continent Europe.
deforestation	The clearing or cutting down of forests.
ecosystem	An ecosystem is made up of the living and non– living things in an area.
atlas	A book holding a collection of maps.

The Amazon Rainforest

Year 3 recap: The water cycle

Y4 Geography Knowledge Organiser.
Vocabulary		People / Movement- I understand people’s movement and that this requires infrastructure including road, rail and air	Place / Europe– I understand that regions make up a country and different countries make up Europe	Enquiry / Questioning- I understand that comparing information helps generate further questions to explore
global warming		Why are trees being cut down in the Amazon Rainforest? How might this affect global warming?	Where is the Amazon Rainforest? Which continent is it in? Which countries does it span?	How is the Amazons ecosystem affected by climate change?
carbon footprint
region
continent
Europe
Non– European
deforestation
ecosystem
atlas

The Amazon Rainforest

Year 3 recap: The water cycle