Main points - Biomes

Question 1

Biomes tend to follow what lines.

Answer 1

Latitude

Question 2

Why are there differences in biomes?

Answer 2

Changes in climate (temperature and rainfall)

Question 3

Define biomes

Answer 3

Biomes are large ecosystems such as rainforests.

Question 4

Define ecosystem

Answer 4

Ecosystems are the interaction of plants, animals and other organisms as well as weather, and landscape. These work together to form a bubble of life.

Question 5

State the layers of the tropical rainforest (top to bottom)

Answer 5

Emergents, understorey, shrubs, forest floor

Question 6

Warm air ___

Answer 6

Rises

Question 7

Cold air ___

Answer 7

Sinks

Question 8

There is moisture where there is _________

Answer 8

Evaporation

Question 9

When the air pressure is high, this means that …

Answer 9

Cold air is sinking

Question 10

Deserts are dry, and polar regions are cold. This is because…

Answer 10

Direction of the wind

Question 11

We get very little precipitation in polar regions because…

Answer 11

There is no condensation because cold air is sinking. So there are no clouds, and therefore very little precipitation