Year 8 Living World Recap

Bamboo is a type of...

• Grass

• Tree

Bamboo thrives in ..... and .... climate

• warm and wet

• warm and dry

• cool and wet

• cool and dry

Where is bamboo found predominantly? Select all correct answers.

• Around the equator

• Between the Tropics

• All over the world

Why is bamboo often referred to as "green gold"?

• Because of it's green/gold colour

• Because it is becoming increasingly more valuable in the global economy

• Because it contains gold

Bamboo is stronger than steel. True or false?

• True

• False

Bamboo can grow into very tall trees. True or false?

• True

• False

Measuring how far food has travelled before it reaches the consumer is called...

Why do we import food? Select all correct answers.

• UK produced food can be very expensive due to high prices of animal feed and poor harvests

• Demand for seasonal food

• We can't grow all the foods we want due to our climate

An ecosystem is... (select all correct answers)

• It is the interaction between living and non-living things

• A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

• A habitat

• Where animals and plants reproduce

Select the local-scale ecosystems from the options below.

• Pond

• Tundra

• Hedgerow

• Tropical rainforest