Biomes revision

The Earth's environments have been categorised into a number of different _, each categorised according to similar features.

The 5 various elements that both make and represent a Biome are;

• Weather, Soils, Landforms, and Flora and Fauna

• The sun, rocks, mountains, and Koalas

• Climate, soils, Landforms, Flora, and Fauna

• Wind, sands, mountains, vegetation, and animals

The primary driver of climate is...

• The light from the sun.

• The heat from the sun.

• The rainfall.

• Sand vs hubris

The difference between climate and weather is...

• Climate is short-term, weather is long-term

• Only their spelling

• Climate is in the Northern hemisphere, weather is in the Southern hemisphere.

• Climate is long-term, weather is short-term

Places with higher average rainfall will generally have more lush and dense v________.

Climatic regions with little to no rainfall will generally experience...

• low humidity and arid substrate

• high humidity and lush vegetation

• low humidity and lush vegetation

• high humidity and arid substrate

What kind of substrate is a tropical rainforest characteristic for?

• Soils that are mainly composed of rock and mineral deposits

• Soils that are rich in organic matter and moisture

• Dry soils composed of rock and organic matter

• Rock and ice

Why are desert landscapes mainly composed of sands and rocks?

• Wild winds transport sand from other areas

• Heat and wind rapidly decomposed any past/remaining vegetation

• Wild winds blew away the vegetation, explosing the underlying sands

• Heat and wind prevent vegetative growth and erode rocks

S____ or substrate, has a direct impact on the vegetation that grows.

L________ have a direct impact on the movement of weather and water in a landscape.