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WorksheetsUnit 3 - People and the Biosphere
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is a biome?
The range of species of plants and animals in an area / ecosystem
Something that takes in carbon
A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
What is another name for the boreal forest biome?
Temperate forest
Tropical rainforest
Tropical grassland
Taiga
What is the climate of the tropical rainforest biome?
Hot all year, low rainfall
Mild summers, very cold winters
Hot all year, wet all year
Temperatures below 0 degrees for most of the year
What is another name for the tropical grasslands biome?
Tropical rainforest
Savanna
Boreal forest
Temperate forest
What is precipitation?
Water vapour which falls as rain, snow, sleet or hail
Trees which have leaves that fall off in the autumn
Trees that are evergreen and don't lose their leaves
Which category of trees lose their leaves in the autumn?
Coniferous
Deciduous
What is the diurnal temperature range?
Trees which lose their leaves the autumn
Trees which are green all year round
Something that's takes in carbon dioxide
The difference between the highest day temperature and the lowest night temperature
Areas near the __________ are where sunlight is more intense, so they are warmer.
Poles
Equator
Which global circulation cell is found nearest to the equator?
Hadley
Ferrell
Polar
Low pressure, creates what kind of weather?
Unsettled, high rainfall
Settled, low rainfall
Tropical rainforests are found on the equator.
True
False
Whay kind of pressure creates deserts? (low rainfall)
Low pressure
High pressure
The boreal forest / taiga (cold forests) are found in which global circulation cell?
Hadley
Ferrell
Polar
Apart from global circulation cells, what else affects the location of biomes such as the tropical rainforest? (SELECT TWO)
Globalisation
Altitude (how high up you are)
Rock type / soil
TNCs
As the altitude increases (as you got up a mountain), what happens to the temperature?
Becomes colder
Becomes hotter
Biotic parts of a biome are...?
Living
Non - living
Select TWO biotic parts of a biome
Water and soil
Atmosphere
Plants and animals (flora and fauna)
Bacteria and fungi
Select the abiotic part of a biome (non-living)
Flora and fauna (plants and animals)
Soil, water and rocks
What is the 'biosphere'?
a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
the areas of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
Which of the following statements relates to how the biosphere maintains SOIL health.
Trees and other plants intercept water and stop it hitting the soil directly, which would lead to soil erosion
it regulates the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the atmosphere
Most temperate soils would be infertile if it were not for leaf litter that decomposes
What is meant by trees 'intercept' rainfall / water?
soak up the water
trees get in the way of the water / the water has to go around the trees
What is a 'carbon sink'?
living parts of a biome
a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra
trees which lose their leaves in autumn
natural stores for carbon e.g. trees
What Is 'biomass'?
a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra
trees that lose their leaves in autumn
plant / animal material
Which rainforest do the Efe Tribe live in?
The Amazon, Brazil
Rainforest in the Congo Basin of Africa
Select TWO ways the Efe Tribe uses the tropical rainforest
they use the wood to make hotels
hunt monkeys for meat
cut down the rainforest to build a hydroelectric dam
use plants and wild honey to make medicines
What is meant by using the tropical rainforest for 'commercial' use?
protecting the rainforest / stopping deforestation
using the rainforest to make a profit
Select TWO crops which are often grown in the tropical rainforest, after deforestation has taken place
strawberries
sugar cane
potatoes
palm oil
Why are we using more of the world’s natural resources now than at any time in the past? (SELECT TWO)
the world's population is higher
there are less people in the world now
people are becoming wealthier
generally, people are becoming more and more poor
What is meant but the term 'affluent'?
people receiving a better education
people becoming richer
As people become richer they demand more red meat in their diet. What is this known as?
Easternised diet
Red diet
Westernised diet
What did Boserup believe would happen in the future with the relationship between resources and population growth?
___________ proposed a more optimistic view that as the population size approaches the point when food and resources may run out, human ingenuity will then find ways of increasing food to meet the new demand
__________ believed that the human population would grow faster than food / resource supply and a disaster would then take place. As food, water and energy resources began to run out... there would be fighting, famine and epidemics
(Miserable) Malthus thought that the population would grow too fast and we'd run out of food. What did he think would happen to make the relationship between resources and population more balanced?
the world would introduce a one child policy
famines, fighting over food (people would die out)
What evidence is there to SUPPORT (miserable) Malthus' theory?
There has been no global crisis since Malthus developed the theory
As global population has increased, the Green Revolution (in farming) has helped demand to be met.
There have been wars and civil wars
There have been droughts / famines
How was Boserups' theory not correct? (we haven't come up with new ingenious ways of producing more food)
There are many people suffering from a lack of resources
There are new technologies always being developed to meet demand
