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Worksheets9 GEO - Human Impacts on Biomes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is a BIOME?
A brand of dishwashing liquid
A naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
An unnatural environment for bacteria to grow in
A group of non-living organisms in a particular environment
What are the 5 different ways humans are impacting the environment?
Deforestation, interbreeding, desalination, saturation, ethics
Deforestation, desertification, ice age, parasitic worms, skeleton
Global warming, overpopulation, electricity, ocean acidification, food
Deforestation, desertification, global warming, invasive species, overharvesting
Two big problems for the orang-utan populations in Borneo are.....
Deforestation
Drought
Poaching
Overfishing
In Argentina, beavers have become....
Cute and cuddly
An invasive species
Aggressive and rude
A national icon
Name the LANDFORMS you see in the photograph.
Mountains, plains, waterway
Man, fish, bird, sky
Grass, sand, snow, cloud
Clothes, dirt, sand, ocean
What is a LANDFORM?
Rocks and anything else that makes up the geosphere
Hills and mountains but nothing else
A natural feature of the Earth's surface
All water on Earth
What is TOPOGRAPHY?
A type of cheese
A top-down view on a video game
The arrangement of animals within a habitat
The arrangement of landforms in the landscape
Why is biodiversity important? Click all that apply.
Protects an ecosystem from outside invaders
Prevents species from going extinct
Allows organisms to adapt to changes in their environment
Strengthens an ecosystem by providing a lot of different foods & materials for others to be able to survive
Which human impacts are shown in the image?
Climate change
Pollution
Overfishing
Deforestation
Which Indonesian island had the greatest deforestation rate in 2017?
Java
Kallmantan
Sumatra
Maluku
What kind of MAP is this & what does it SHOW? (2 answers)
Satellite image
Topography
Cartography
Landforms
Click all that apply. Tasmanian Devils are at risk of extinction due to....
Facial tumour disease
Climate change
Deforestation
Lack of biodiversity
Choose the TUNDRA biome.
Choose the CHAPPAREL biome.
Choose the TAIGA biome.
Choose the DESERT biome.
Choose the TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST biome.
Choose the SAVANNAH biome.
Choose the GRASSLAND biome.
Choose the TROPICAL RAINFOREST biome.
