Test

Question 1

State two local factors affecting biomes

Answer 1

Altitude- the temperature drops as the altitude increases therefore this can affect plant growth
Rock and soil type-Can affect how fertile different areas are within a biome

Question 2

Describe the distribution of the tropical rainforest biome

Answer 2

The tropical rainforest is located near the equator. They can be found in central and South America

Question 3

Explain the difference between biophysical and bio chemical weathering

Answer 3

Physical weathering is done by water temperature in wind where is bio chemical weathering is caused when rocks undergo chemical reactions

Question 4

What is biotic and abiotic

Answer 4

Biotic is living things like insects plants trees and mammals
Abiotic is nonliving things such as soils rocks and the climate

Question 5

Compare the characteristics of tropical rainforest and desert Biomes

Answer 5

Tropical rainforest have high annual rainfall with over 2000 mm per year they also have high average temperatures and not very fertile soil. Unlike tropical rainforest deserts have very little plant growth and have very little annual rainfall

Question 6

What is the hydrological cycle

Answer 6

Plant helps to regulate the water cycle as plants intercept and absorb visitation slow and its movement to the ground this reduces surface run-off and the Flood risk

Question 7

Explain one way the biosphere can maintain soil health

Answer 7

Leaf litter puts vitamins into the soil and improve soil fertility As it decomposes which reduces the need for fertilising

Question 8

Case study Juma location

Answer 8

Tropical rainforest in the Amazon , Brazil

Question 9

What do they do

Answer 9

Local people being paid to not cut down the forest. The money to pay for the conservation are from hotels therefore the donations can stop at any point

Question 10

Successes of Juma

Answer 10

Without conservation by 2050 60% of the forest would of been gone, they’ve built seven schools, trained people in sustainable farming, provided cleaner water and added solar panels to some roofs using the funding

Question 11

Malthus theory

Answer 11

Population grows geometrically( ie 1,2,4,8,16) while food production increases arithmetically( ie 1,2,3,4,5) Therefore there will come a point where there will not be enough food to provide for everyone

Question 12

What are the characteristics needed to form a tropical storm

Answer 12

Supply of warm moist air over sea. High air pressure

Question 13

What’s the Coriolis effect

Answer 13

Because the Earth rotates the air does not flow in a straight line as the air moves above the surface of the Earth underneath the planet continues to rotate so wind actually follows a curved path

Question 14

Describe how the Earth receive different levels of solar insolation

Answer 14

The angle of the Sun rays makes so insulation very intense at the equator but dispersed over a wide area at the poles

Question 15

What is the eye of the storm

Answer 15

The centre of the storm consisting of condescending dense air

Question 16

What is the Gulfstream

Answer 16

A warm ocean current that begins at the Gulf of Mexico and it’s blowing north east across the north Atlantic

Question 17

What’s a storm surge

Answer 17

Rapid rise in sea levels caused by low pressure and strong winds

Question 18

What’s a good prediction method for hurricanes 

Answer 18

Weather forecast in their frequently warnings on TV and radio there is actually seen ownership of technology

Question 19

Economic impacts of A hurricane

Answer 19

Embankments can be washed away crops can be submerged storm surge Can raise sea level

Question 20

Social impacts of A hurricane

Answer 20

Destroyed homes contaminated water supply sanitation system collapsed

Question 21

Environmental impacts

Answer 21

Contaminated water supplies loss of animal life trees getting knocked doen

Question 22

Taiga plant adaptations

Answer 22

Cone shape of coniferous trees help shed winter snows and needles like leaves protected by waxy coating prevent damage by frost

Question 23

Animal adaptations

Answer 23

Hibernation and thick oily fur helps to retain body heat and provide waterproofing

Question 24

What is the largest store entire jar

Answer 24

Litter

Question 25

Assess the severity of threats to the tropical rainforest

Answer 25

Commercial agriculture 75% deforestation in Brazil is from cattle farming crops are going to sell a profit subsistence agriculture when people farm to feed their families are small plot of trees is felt and burnt so crops can be planted poor farmers resort to slash and burn as no money is needed to clear the land which creates a lot of pollution it’s when trees are cut and burn

Question 26

Explain my Madagascar rainforest have high levels of biodiversity

Answer 26

Abundance of nutrients supplying food is the main energy source of animals warm temperature high intensity sunlight provides a wide variety of plant growth

Question 27

Explain three ways the tropical rainforest has been deforested

Answer 27

Commercial hardwood login to pay debts commercial agriculture crops grown for profits and subsistence farming farmers feed families

Question 28

Explain why climate change would intensify the threats of the tiger forest

Answer 28

Some plants like formed and flora struggle to adapt to the climate it reduces nutrients mean in vegetation grows even slower therefore this can affect species living in the taiga as well as that decomposition is Slower so any pollution means in ecosystem for a long time

Question 29

What’s the nutrient cycle

Answer 29

The circulation of nutrients between biotic and abiotic elements

Question 30

Why does the rainforest have rapid nutrient cycling

Answer 30

The hot damp conditions on the forest floor allow for the rapper decomposition of dead plant material this provides plenty nutrients that are easily absorbed by plants roots 

Question 31

What’s leaching

Answer 31

Due to The constant precipitation a lot of water travels through the soils as it does this takes nutrients and minerals with it

Question 32

Why is the scale of commercial exploitation of biosphere resources growing

Answer 32

Global population rising and economic development