Year 10 Ecosystems Quick Quiz 2023

What is a biome?

• A type of precipitation

• Ecosystem on a Global Scale

• A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment.

• A Tropical Rainforest ecosystem.

Which Biome is this? Hot in Summer (25C), very cold in winter (-40C), 500-900mm of rainfall a year, most in late spring and summer.

• Tropical Grassland

• Desert

• Tropical Rainforest

• Temperate Grassland

Which biome is this? Warm summers (16-30C), very cold winters (below 0C), low precipitation (less than 500mm) mainly in summer.

• Boreal Forest

• Temperate Forest

• Tropical Rainforest

• Tundra

What is aspect?

• The height of the land.

• A nice view

• The direction the slope is facing.

• A rainforest tribe.

What is a biofuel?

• Marine energy resources

• A type of geothermal power.

• A non renewable energy source.

• A fuel derived from living matter

What are the 3 components of the nutrient cycle?

• Soil, Litter, Biomass

• Biomass, Leaching, Soil

• Soil, Litter, Biosphere

• Flora, Fauna, Soil

What is an abiotic factor?

• Living part of an ecosystem

• Biomass

• Non living part of an ecosystem

• Biofuel

Which is not one of the UK's 4 main terrestrial ecosystems?

• Woodland

• Moorland

• Marshland

• Wetland

What % of UK land area is woodland?

• 25%

• 78%

• 12%

• 4%

What is altitude?

• The direction the slope is facing.

• The summit of a mountain.

• The height of the land.

• The wettest part of a tropical rainforest.