Battle Of The Biosphere

Question 0

What are indigenous people?

Answer 0

People who have lived there for many generations and depend on the rainforest

Question 1

What is a biome?

Answer 1

world scale ecosystem

Question 2

What in the rainforest do indigenous people depend on?

Answer 2

Herbs - for medicines

Question 3

What threats are there to biomes?

Answer 3

Pollution in the air and water
Overhunting/Overfishing
Deforestation 
Mining 
Quarrying

Question 4

What is a ecosystem?

Answer 4

Grouping of plants and animals that interact with each other and their local environment

Question 5

Describe a coniferous biome

Answer 5

• higher altitudes where there are weak sun rays

- tree adapted to the cold with need like leaves

Question 6

Describe a deciduous biome

Answer 6

• high rainfall
• seasonal variations in the sun rays
• tree lose their leaves in cold winters

Question 7

Describe a tundra biome

Answer 7

Within the Arctic circle
The sun gives little heat and only little rainfall
Only tough and short grasses survive

Question 8

Describe a tropical biome

Answer 8

Mostly found around the equator

Hot temperatures with heavy rainfall

Question 9

Describe a desert biome

Answer 9

Close to the tropics of cancer

Question 10

What good does the biosphere provide?

Answer 10

Food (fish meat fruits nuts berries)
Medicines (vitamins)
Raw materials (timber bamboo rubber water)

Question 11

What does the biosphere do for us?

Answer 11

Keeps the soil healthy for plants to grow - new nutrients provided by rotting pant material
Regulates the water cycle - plants slow the flow of water to rivers and filter water to make it clean

Question 12

How do humans indirectly destroy the biosphere?

Answer 12

Sea temperature rise
Changes in amount of rainfall
Treeline changes
Melting of polar ice caps

Question 13

What are some reasons for the rainforest destruction?

Answer 13

• timber used for buildings furniture and fuel
• creation of agricultural land for growing crops or grazing animals
• Mining and quarrying for minerals
• Transport routes

Question 14

Describe a national management used to conserve the biosphere

Answer 14

Nationals parks conserves areas of natural beauty in the UK. It’s important for peoples leisure enjoyment and culture. Each park has it’s own authority controlling any new development

Question 15

Describe a local management the conserves the biosphere

Answer 15

The RAMSAR conserves wetlands across the world. Wetlands provide a rich biodiversity with rare species. Poltroons growth means wetlands are drained for farmland.

Question 16

What are some local factors affecting biomes?

Answer 16

Altitude - different plants grow at different temperatures within the same biome
Rainfall - different types and amount of plants will grow in different parts of a biome
Distance from the sea - this can affect temperatures

Question 17

What are some economic factors when managing a biome?

Answer 17

Communities want to make as much money as possible and use the resources of biomes to do it. provides tensions as it may damage and destroy the environment on the long term.