Factors Influencing Biomes and Biodiversity

This video explores the factors affecting biome locations, divided into global and local factors. Global factors include proximity to the equator, which influences temperature and biodiversity, and rainfall patterns, which affect plant and animal life. Marine influence, or closeness to the sea, also plays a role. Local factors include drainage, continentality, sunshine, soil type, and altitude, all of which impact the growth and diversity of life in biomes.

What are the two main categories of factors that affect the location of biomes?

• Regional and continental factors

• Local and continental factors

• Global and local factors

• Global and regional factors

How does proximity to the equator affect the temperature of a biome?

• Proximity to the equator has no effect on temperature

• Closer to the equator means warmer temperatures

• Closer to the equator means colder temperatures

• Further from the equator means warmer temperatures

Why is temperature important for biodiversity in biomes?

• Temperature has no impact on biodiversity

• Higher temperatures reduce plant growth

• Warmer temperatures increase plant growth and biodiversity

• Colder temperatures increase biodiversity

What pattern of rainfall is generally observed around the equator?

• Alternating wet and dry

• No specific pattern

• Consistently wet

• Consistently dry

How does rainfall influence biodiversity in biomes?

• More rainfall supports greater biodiversity

• Rainfall has no effect on biodiversity

• Less rainfall leads to more biodiversity

• More rainfall leads to less biodiversity

What is the effect of marine influence on a biome?

• It increases water availability and biodiversity

• It has no effect on the biome

• It makes the biome drier

• It decreases biodiversity

Which local factor involves the ease with which land drains?

• Altitude

• Continentality

• Drainage

• Soil type

How does continentality affect a biome?

• It increases the amount of sunshine

• It affects the distance from the sea

• It changes the soil type

• It has no effect on the biome

Why is soil type important for biomes?

• Poor soil supports more biodiversity

• Rich soil reduces plant growth

• Rich soil supports more plant growth

• Soil type has no effect on biomes

What happens to temperature as altitude increases?

• Temperature increases

• Temperature decreases

• Temperature remains constant

• Temperature fluctuates randomly