Year 10 Ecosystems Recap

What is a biome?

• Tropical rainforest

• An ecosystem located in one continent.

• A large scale ecosystem

• An ecosystem located in the northern hemisphere.

Which biome is being described .... Hot all year (25-35 C), 500-1000 mm of rainfall a year but always with a dry season.

• Temperate Grassland

• Tropical Rainforest

• Boreal Forest

• Tropical Grassland

What are the 3 components of a nutrient cycle?

• Soil, Litter, Biomass

• Soil, Biomass, Nutrients

• Abioitc, Biotic, Nutrients

• Litter, Soil, Precipitation

Name the UK's 4 main terrestrial ecosystems

• Marine, Heathland, Woodland, Marshland

• Decidious woodland, Coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Heathland.

• Marshland, Wetland, Dry Land, Woodland.

• Woodland, Moorland, Wetland, Heathland

What are the strong supportive roots and the base of tropical rainforest trees called?

• Butter

• Ilanas

• Buttress

• Epiphytes

What is the name of the successful local run eco project in the Madagascan rainforest?

• Sustainable Forestry Management Group

• Operation Protection

• Lemur Security

• Association Mitsinjo

What is the name of the process when nutrients are lost from the soil?

• Decomposition

• Leaching

• Surface Run Off

• Infiltration

How do animals in decidious woodlands adapt to survive?

• They grow fur.

• Migration, Hibernation and Food Storage

• They move to warmer areas.

• They all hibernate

What is the name of the scheme which operates in the New Forest to use local products where possible, to encourage walking and cycling and to set aside 10 % of their grounds for local wildlife?

• Green Shoots

• Eco Friendly Club

• Save the New Forest Organisation

• Green Leaf

Which is the correct statement ... on a climate graph.....

• Rainfall is shown as a blue bar graph and temperature a red line graph

• Rainfall is show as a blue line graph and temperature a red bar graph.

• Rainfall and temperature are both shown as a bar graph.

• Rainfall and temperature are both shown as a line graph.