Biomes and Food Security Revision

What is a biome?

• Tundra Forest

• An area of the planet that can be classified according to the plants and animals that live in it.

• A place on earth

A biome is determined mostly by its climate

• True

• False

Climate is characterised by ____________ & ___________ over a period of time?

• Weather & altitude

• Day & night

• Altitude and latitude

• Temperature & precipitation

Which biome has vegetation limited to small shrubs, herbs, grasses, moss and lichen as its soil is frozen for most of the year resulting in short growing seasons when the ground thaws.

• Forest

• Tundra

• Grassland

• Desert

Which biome is typically closer to the equator?

• Temperate Forest

• Tundra

• Grassland

• Tropical Forest

What does "arid" mean?

• wet

• hot

• dry

An area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a barrier, especially a mountain range, that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture on the windward side, causing the leeward side to be dry is referred to as what?

• Rainfall effect

• Altitude effect

• Rainshadow effect

• Cloud effect

On a climate graph, what depicts rainfall?

• Column

• Line

Meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is known as what?

• Unsustainable agriculture

• Thoughtful agriculture

• Sustainable agriculture

The amount of useful product gained from agriculture, expressed in relation to units of land, livestock, capital or labour applied, is known as what?

• Yields

• Crops

• Products