Biomes

Question 1

Climate

Answer 1

Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

Question 2

Biome

Answer 2

A group of ecosystems that have formed in response to a shared regional climate

Question 3

Terrestrial

Answer 3

Relating to land

Question 4

Aquatic

Answer 4

Relating to water

Question 5

Food Security

Answer 5

People’s ability to access sufficient, safe, nutricious food to maintain. Healthy and active life

Question 6

Overfishing

Answer 6

Capturing fish faster than they can reproduce

Question 7

Deforestation

Answer 7

Destruction of forests

Question 8

Supply Chain

Answer 8

A system involved in supplying a product of service to a consumer.

Question 9

Projected world population in 2050

Answer 9

9.8 billion

Question 10

Aquatic Biome

Answer 10

Marine: Takes the majority of the Earth.
Freshwater: Takes up a small amount of ocean mostly around the arctic circle and Antarctica

Question 11

Grassland biome

Answer 11

Moderate rainfall, fields of grass and few trees.

Scattered around South Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Question 12

Forest Biome

Answer 12

Terrestrial, high biodiversity, plentiful tree coverage, dense, moderate temperatures, absorbs lots of carbon.
Rainforest are commonly found between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
Temperate forests are located between the Tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle.

Question 13

Desert Biome

Answer 13

Terrestrial, extreme temperatures, low biodiversity, often sandy, bare, not very dense, minimal tree coverage.
All different types of deserts range between the arctic circle and Antarctica. This is because of the large range of deserts, polar, coastal, semi-arid and sun-tropical.

Question 14

Tundra Biome

Answer 14

Very low temperature, very bare, little tree coverage, little biodiversity, famous for snowy owl.
Found above the Tropic of Cancer and below the Antarctic Circle.

Question 15

Covid 19 effect on food security

Answer 15

Due to workers decreasing and many having to isolate supply chain issues have problems negatively impacted food security.

Question 16

Deforestations’ impact on food security

Answer 16

Because of the loss of biodiversity there is less sources of food. Removing forests also degraded quality of soil.

Question 17

Overfishing’s’ impact on food security

Answer 17

If overfishing continues fish sticks will collapse because of the minimal amount of fish in the sea. This will have a significant negative impact people livelihoods and food security.