Part 1: How are biomes distributed? Flashcards
- What is the biosphere?
a) The layer of the earth which contains all living forms of life.
- What is an ecosystem?
a) The connections between living things (plants, animals and organisms) and non-livings things (water, weather and climate) in a particular place.
- What is a biome?
a) A global scale ecosystem.
- What is climate?
a) The normal weather in a place
- What is geology?
a) The type of rocks in a place
- What is vegetation?
a) Plant life
- What do biomes have in common with similar places
a) Climatic
b) Geology
c) Vegetation
d) Animals
- What are the main global biomes?
a) Tundra
b) Temperate Forest
c) Taiga Forest
d) Savannah
e) Desert
f) Tropical Rainforest
- Give an example of tundra
a) Arctic Circle
- Give an example of Temperate Forest
a) Epping Forest, UK
- Give an example of Taiga Forest
a) Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA
- Give an example of Savanna
a) Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
- Give an example of Desert
a) Sahara Desert, Northern Africa
- Give an example of Tropical Rainforest
a) Amazon, Brazil
- What is biodiversity?
a) The variety of living species in an ecosystem or area.
- What is a biotic factor?
a) The living parts of the ecosystem: Flora (plants), Fauna (animals) and organisms.
- What is an abiotic factor?
a) The non-living parts of the ecosystem (water, soil and climate).
- What is precipitation?
a) Moisture from the sky e.g. rain
- What is photosynthesis
a) When plants make oxygen from CO2
- What is temperature?
a) How hot or cold it is
- What is latitude?
a) Distance from the equator
- What are seasons?
a) Changes in temperature and weather during the year
- What is a growing season?
a) The amount of time in a year that plants can grow
- What is a permeable rock?
a) Water can flow through
- What is an impermeable rock?
a) Water cannot flow through
- What does waterlogged mean?
a) When soil is full of water
- What is altitude?
a) The height of land above sea level
- What is diurnal range?
a) The temperature difference between daytime and night time
- What is the equator?
a) A line around the centre of the world
- What is the tropic of cancer?
a) A line around the world north of the equator
- What is the tropic of Capricorn?
a) A line around the world south of the equator
- What is an atmospheric cell?
a) The way in which air circulates in the atmosphere
- Name the three types of atmospheric cell
a) Hadley cell
b) Polar cell
c) Ferrel cell
- What happens when there is low pressure in an atmospheric cell
a) High levels of precipitation
- What happens when there is high pressure in an atmospheric cell
a) Low levels of precipitation
- What is the global distribution of tropical rainforests?
a) On the Equator
b) Between the tropics
- Why is the rainforest there?
a) high precipitation 200-3000 mm per year
b) low air pressure
c) high temperatures all year round 25 °C-30 °C
- What is the global distribution of deserts?
a) On the tropics
- Why are the deserts there?
a) Low precipitation Less than 250 mm a year
b) high pressure
c) Large diurnal temperature range
- What is the global distribution of temperate / boreal forest?
a) 50 °N - 60 °N of the equator
- Just south of the Arctic Circle
a) Why is temperate forest there?
- Low precipitation less than 500mm per year
a) Mild summers (10 °C-20 °C)
b) Cold winters (below 0 °C)
- What is the global distribution of savanna?
a) Between the tropics
- Why is savanna there?
a) Hot all year 25 °C and 35 °C.
b) 500 mm - 1000 mm of rainfall per year
c) Wet and dry seasons
- What is the global distribution of tundra?
a) Within the Arctic Circle
- Why is the tundra within the Arctic Circle?
a) Low temperatures all year round
b) Low precipitation (less than 250mm)
c) Short daylight hours in the winter
