People and the biosphere

Question 1

What are the 7 biomes?

Answer 1

tundra
carnivorous forest
grass land
desert
tropical rainforest
deciduous forest

Question 2

What are Ecosystem services?

Answer 2

All the ways humans benefit from that ecosystem

Question 3

What are provisioning services?

Answer 3

The goods which ecosystems supply.

E.g wood, crops, food

Question 4

What are regulating services?

Answer 4

• storing carbon and emitting oxygen, carbon cycle

- purifying water, hydrological cycle

Question 5

WHat are cultural services?

Answer 5

• spiritual well being
• recreation and tourism
• education

Question 6

What are deciduous trees?

Answer 6

trees which lose their leaves in the winter

Question 7

What are local factors?

Answer 7

The differences that alter animal and plant species in a biome from ones that we would expect

Question 8

What are the local factors that affect biomes?

Answer 8

• rock and soil type
• Water availability
• altitude

Question 9

What is the nutrient cycle?

Answer 9

The cycle where biomass dies into ‘litter’ which decays into soil

Question 10

What are the negatives of an increasing population on biomes?

Answer 10

• destroyed to make room for agriculture, housing, mining and factories
• destroyed to obtain timber for building
• more pollution

Question 11

What are the different population theories?

Answer 11

Malthus- Food production wont increase at the same rate as the population so at some point there wont be enough food to feed the population
Boserup- technology will allow for increased food production so will always have enough time

Question 12

What could happen if the world becomes over populated?

Answer 12

• Polluted water
• exhausted soil with no nutrients for growing plants
• run out of fossil fuels - burn dirty coal

Question 13

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 13

A grouping of plants and animals that interact with each other and their local environment

Question 14

What is a Biome

Answer 14

a large ecosystem - a grouping of plants and animals over a large area of the earth

Question 15

What is the tundra?

Answer 15

within the arctic circle, the sun gives little heat here and there is little rain

Question 16

What does the ‘biosphere’ do for us?

Answer 16

• It regulates the gases that make up the atmosphere - plants absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen
• regulates the water cycle, plants filter and slow the water
• keeps the soil healthy for new plants to grow

Question 17

How does altitude affect plant type?

Answer 17

• Different plants grow at different temperature, the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature.
• A mountainous topography mean that soil will be eroded away near the top of mountains, so plants will struggle to grow

Question 18

How does rock and soil type affect plant type?

Answer 18

• if the surface is mainly rocky, plants will not be able to get enough nutrients to grow
• If the soil is infertile due to lack of nutrients or ph, then plants will struggle to grow

Question 19

How does drainage/water availability affect plant type?

Answer 19

• where drainage is poor, swamps and marshland can form, where specialist plants that require a lot of water grow
• Where there is limited water, like in arid conditions or where water drains away too quickly, then plants that have long roots and don’t require large amounts of water will grow

Question 20

What is the name of the water cycle?

Answer 20

The hydrological cycle

Question 21

What are the abiotic components of an ecosystem?

Answer 21

climate, soil and water

Question 22

What are the biotic components of an ecosystem?

Answer 22

Plants, animals and humans