Biomes Term Definitions

Question 1

What is a biome?

Answer 1

A large region of earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things

Question 2

What is biodiversity?

Answer 2

The variety of life in a particular area or biome.

Question 3

What is biosphere?

Answer 3

the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.

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What is hydrosphere?

Answer 4

All the waters on the earth’s surface such as lakes, seas and sometimes even clouds

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What is lithosphere?

Answer 5

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle

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Atmosphere meaning

Answer 6

The mixture of gases surrounding the earth

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Deforestation meaning

Answer 7

The cutting down of trees and other plant life in a forest

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Fauna meaning

Answer 8

The animals of a particular region or habitat

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Flora meaning

Answer 9

the plants of a particular region or habitat

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Grassland meaning

Answer 10

A biome of wide open spaces where vegetation is dominated by grasses.

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Tundra meaning

Answer 11

A biome characterised by having vast, treeless environment across the artic region of Asia, Europe and North America

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Temperate forest meaning

Answer 12

A large forest biome that experiences a range of seasonal climate conditions

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Wetlands meaning

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Land consisting of marshes or swamps

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Aquatic meaning

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(Of a plant or animal) living or growing in or near water

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Desert meaning

Answer 15

A dry region of the earth with little vegetation or rainfall and experiences extreme temperatures

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Prairie meaning

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A biome of wide open spaces where vegetation is dominated by grasses; sometimes referred to as grassland or savana

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Urbanisation meaning

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The process of making an area more urban

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Arable meaning

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A word used to describe land that is suitable for growing crops

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Sustainable meaning

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The ongoing capacity of earth to maintain all life

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Subsistence meaning,

Answer 20

The action of maintaining or supporting oneself

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Per capita meaning

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for each person; in relation to people individually

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Horticulture meaning

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The art or practice of garden cultivation and management

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agriculture meaning

Answer 23

the science or practice of farming

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Degradation meaning

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Wear down (rock) and cause it to disintegrate

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Erosion meaning

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The wearing away of the earth’s surface by wind water or ice

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Soil meaning

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A mixture of air, water, broken-down rock and organic material

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Irrigation

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The artificial supply of water to dry land to help in the growing of crops

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Genetic modification meaning

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The process of which scientists can change the genes of plants or animals to give them certain traits

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Ecosystem meaning

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A community of living organisms that interact with each other and their environment

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Conservation meaning

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Protection or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife

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Habitat meaning

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.the natural home or environment of an animal plant or other organism

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Tropical forest meaning

Answer 32

A biome that lies between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer