Factors affecting the location of biomes

What is the most important influence on the distribution of biomes (Where different biomes are found around the world)?

• nothing, it's random

• Rainfall

• Climate

• Animals

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What is a biome?

• a type of environment that is classified by the types of organisms that live there, and by the climate

• a dome built by humans to live in

• a space shelter to live on Mars

• only places that scientists study on land

What is the temperature of an area?

• how hot or cold it is at any time

• how hot and rainy the area is

• how long it takes water to freeze

• how much precipitation an area receives

What is precipitation?

• water that comes from the sky in any form such as rain, snow, sleet, hail etc

• snow that stays on the ground all year

• water that is in lakes and rivers

• water that is frozen in permafrost

How do adaptations help animals?

• To hide from predators
• to hunt for food
• to survive in their habitats
• All of these are correct

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

• Land
• Water
• Climate
• Longitude

What is the word used to describe the imaginary lines that run flat across the globe?

(a)  

Where is the equator located on Earth?

• an invisible line drawn around the middle of the Earth between the North and South Poles

• halfway between the middle and the North Pole

• an invisible line that connects the North Pole with the South Pole

What part of the Earth gets the most direct sunlight?

• the equator

• the North Pole

• the South Pole

• the desert