What are the factors affecting the global distribution of biomes?

Question 1

What are the 6 factors that can affect the distribution of biomes?

Answer 1

Laitutde
Altitude
Continentality
Rainfall
Temperature
Soil

Question 2

What does latitude mean?

Answer 2

Distance from the equator

Question 3

WHat does altitude mean?

Answer 3

How high from the ground you are

Question 4

What does continentality mean?

Answer 4

The distance frm sea level

Question 5

How does latitude affect biomes?

Answer 5

Being closer to poles means less heat
Cooler biomes so some plants cant live there

Question 6

How does altitude affect biomes?

Answer 6

Being higher up means colder conditions
Some plats cant live there

Question 7

How does continentality affect biomes?

Answer 7

The winds from the sea cools the land
More precipitation (wind bring moisture)

Question 8

How does rainfall affect biomes?

Answer 8

More vegetation - more forests
Dry season - floods

Question 9

How does temperature affect biomes?

Answer 9

More extreme temperatures - plants can’t survive

Question 10

How does the soil type affect biomes?

Answer 10

DIfferent soil types - different plants can survive there