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Hertswood Academy Geography GCSE People and the biosphere (year 11 revision version) > Part 1: How are biomes distributed? > Flashcards

Part 1: How are biomes distributed? Flashcards

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  1. What is the biosphere?
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a) The layer of the earth which contains all living forms of life.

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  1. What is an ecosystem?
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a) The connections between living things (plants, animals and organisms) and non-livings things (water, weather and climate) in a particular place.

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  1. What is a biome?
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a) A global scale ecosystem.

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  1. What is climate?
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a) The normal weather in a place

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  1. What is geology?
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a) The type of rocks in a place

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  1. What is vegetation?
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a) Plant life

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  1. What do biomes have in common with similar places
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a) Climatic
b) Geology
c) Vegetation
d) Animals

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  1. What are the main global biomes?
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a) Tundra
b) Temperate Forest
c) Taiga Forest
d) Savannah
e) Desert
f) Tropical Rainforest

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  1. Give an example of tundra
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a) Arctic Circle

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  1. Give an example of Temperate Forest
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a) Epping Forest, UK

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  1. Give an example of Taiga Forest
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a) Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA

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  1. Give an example of Savanna
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a) Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

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  1. Give an example of Desert
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a) Sahara Desert, Northern Africa

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  1. Give an example of Tropical Rainforest
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a) Amazon, Brazil

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  1. What is biodiversity?
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a) The variety of living species in an ecosystem or area.

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  1. What is a biotic factor?
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a) The living parts of the ecosystem: Flora (plants), Fauna (animals) and organisms.

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  1. What is an abiotic factor?
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a) The non-living parts of the ecosystem (water, soil and climate).

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  1. What is precipitation?
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a) Moisture from the sky e.g. rain

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  1. What is photosynthesis
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a) When plants make oxygen from CO2

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  1. What is temperature?
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a) How hot or cold it is

21
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  1. What is latitude?
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a) Distance from the equator

22
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  1. What are seasons?
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a) Changes in temperature and weather during the year

23
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  1. What is a growing season?
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a) The amount of time in a year that plants can grow

24
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  1. What is a permeable rock?
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a) Water can flow through

25
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  1. What is an impermeable rock?
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a) Water cannot flow through

26
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  1. What does waterlogged mean?
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a) When soil is full of water

27
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  1. What is altitude?
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a) The height of land above sea level

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  1. What is diurnal range?
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a) The temperature difference between daytime and night time

29
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  1. What is the equator?
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a) A line around the centre of the world

30
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  1. What is the tropic of cancer?
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a) A line around the world north of the equator

31
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  1. What is the tropic of Capricorn?
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a) A line around the world south of the equator

32
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  1. What is an atmospheric cell?
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a) The way in which air circulates in the atmosphere

33
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  1. Name the three types of atmospheric cell
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a) Hadley cell
b) Polar cell
c) Ferrel cell

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  1. What happens when there is low pressure in an atmospheric cell
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a) High levels of precipitation

35
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  1. What happens when there is high pressure in an atmospheric cell
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a) Low levels of precipitation

36
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  1. What is the global distribution of tropical rainforests?
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a) On the Equator

b) Between the tropics

37
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  1. Why is the rainforest there?
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a) high precipitation 200-3000 mm per year
b) low air pressure
c) high temperatures all year round 25 °C-30 °C

38
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  1. What is the global distribution of deserts?
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a) On the tropics

39
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  1. Why are the deserts there?
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a) Low precipitation Less than 250 mm a year
b) high pressure
c) Large diurnal temperature range

40
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  1. What is the global distribution of temperate / boreal forest?
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a) 50 °N - 60 °N of the equator

41
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  1. Just south of the Arctic Circle
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a) Why is temperate forest there?

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  1. Low precipitation less than 500mm per year
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a) Mild summers (10 °C-20 °C)

b) Cold winters (below 0 °C)

43
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  1. What is the global distribution of savanna?
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a) Between the tropics

44
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  1. Why is savanna there?
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a) Hot all year 25 °C and 35 °C.
b) 500 mm - 1000 mm of rainfall per year
c) Wet and dry seasons

45
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  1. What is the global distribution of tundra?
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a) Within the Arctic Circle

46
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  1. Why is the tundra within the Arctic Circle?
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a) Low temperatures all year round
b) Low precipitation (less than 250mm)
c) Short daylight hours in the winter

Hertswood Academy Geography GCSE People and the biosphere (year 11 revision version) (5 decks)

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