term 1 test 1

Question 1

Define Geography

Answer 1

The study of place, space and people

Question 2

Tundra

Answer 2

cold
not much vegetation
no trees
short growing seasons.

Question 3

Grassland

Answer 3

dry
grasses that support mny differet animals
can be very wet

Question 4

Aquatic

Answer 4

all fresh water and marine ecosystems
3 zones

Question 5

rainforest

Answer 5

close to the equator
rainy
humid
lots of plant and animal life

Question 6

Boreal forest

Answer 6

cold
wet
coniferous trees

Question 7

Temperate forest

Answer 7

Mild temps
wet weather
lots of trees and animals

Question 8

Desert

Answer 8

Dry
almost no plants
often in the middle of continent, away fro the coast

Question 9

Savanna

Answer 9

hot
dry
tall grasses

Question 10

How does the climate affect a biome

Answer 10

Climate determines plant growth and the variety of other organisms within biome.

Question 11

Substinence farming

Answer 11

Labour inensive
traditional methods
only enough food for the farmer and the family
small areas
maily fruits vegetables, wheat, rice

Question 12

Commercial Farming

Answer 12

Farming for income
capital intensive
large areas
surface irragation
drip system
sprinkler

Question 13

LOCATION: Amazon rainforest

Answer 13

South america

Question 14

IMPORTANCE: Amazon rainforest

Answer 14

Biodiversity
Unique species found nowhere else
‘lungs of the earth’
plants that can treat caner are there, 70%
Medicinal Ingredients
1% explored

Question 15

HUMAN ACTIVITY:Amazon raiforest

Answer 15

20% has been wiped ou by uman activity

Question 16

LAPDOG

Answer 16

Latitued
Altitued
Prevailing winds
Distance from sea
Ocean currents
Geography

Question 17

how is Food security impacted

Answer 17

By the distribution of the worlds biome

Question 18

Key biomes in australia

Answer 18

Desert
rainforest
Aquatic
Grassland

Question 19

Importance of soil in a biome

Answer 19

Determines the type of plants within the biome

Question 20

Climate factors and Soil production

Answer 20

higher levels of c02 can affect crops
droughts
not good weather t grow the crops

Question 21

importance of grasslands in food production

Answer 21

Supports livestock

Question 22

Ways humans change a biome to be able to produce food

Answer 22

ploughing land
Building greenhouses
draining swamps wet lands
soil, landscape and climat modification.

Question 23

Food insecurity

Answer 23

limited or uncertain availibility for nutritional safe food

Question 24

Ways of increasing food production

Answer 24

improve soil and water management
planting mor crop land
increase live stock and pasture productivity

Question 25

Lesotho- people considered hungry

Answer 25

16%
245 00 people

Question 26

lesotho- why is it food insecure

Answer 26

Thin soil
Hard to grow food
income equality
half of the population ives in poverty
In extreme drought

Question 27

Lesotho- measures taken to help

Answer 27

WFP- World Food Program
cash assistance and food
providedes school meals to 60,000 students
land rehabilitation
creates communal gardens

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