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9 GEO - Human Impacts on Biomes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a BIOME?

a)

A brand of dishwashing liquid

b)

A naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

c)

An unnatural environment for bacteria to grow in

d)

A group of non-living organisms in a particular environment

2.

What are the 5 different ways humans are impacting the environment?

a)

Deforestation, interbreeding, desalination, saturation, ethics

b)

Deforestation, desertification, ice age, parasitic worms, skeleton

c)

Global warming, overpopulation, electricity, ocean acidification, food

d)

Deforestation, desertification, global warming, invasive species, overharvesting

3.

Two big problems for the orang-utan populations in Borneo are.....

a)

Deforestation

b)

Drought

c)

Poaching

d)

Overfishing

4.

In Argentina, beavers have become....

a)

Cute and cuddly

b)

An invasive species

c)

Aggressive and rude

d)

A national icon

5.

Name the LANDFORMS you see in the photograph.

a)

Mountains, plains, waterway

b)

Man, fish, bird, sky

c)

Grass, sand, snow, cloud

d)

Clothes, dirt, sand, ocean

6.

What is a LANDFORM?

a)

Rocks and anything else that makes up the geosphere

b)

Hills and mountains but nothing else

c)

A natural feature of the Earth's surface

d)

All water on Earth

7.

What is TOPOGRAPHY?

a)

A type of cheese

b)

A top-down view on a video game

c)

The arrangement of animals within a habitat

d)

The arrangement of landforms in the landscape

8.

Why is biodiversity important? Click all that apply.

a)

Protects an ecosystem from outside invaders

b)

Prevents species from going extinct

c)

Allows organisms to adapt to changes in their environment

d)

Strengthens an ecosystem by providing a lot of different foods & materials for others to be able to survive

9.

Which human impacts are shown in the image?

a)

Climate change

b)

Pollution

c)

Overfishing

d)

Deforestation

10.

Which Indonesian island had the greatest deforestation rate in 2017?

a)

Java

b)

Kallmantan

c)

Sumatra

d)

Maluku

11.

What kind of MAP is this & what does it SHOW? (2 answers)

a)

Satellite image

b)

Topography

c)

Cartography

d)

Landforms

12.

Click all that apply. Tasmanian Devils are at risk of extinction due to....

a)

Facial tumour disease

b)

Climate change

c)

Deforestation

d)

Lack of biodiversity

13.

Choose the TUNDRA biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Choose the CHAPPAREL biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Choose the TAIGA biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Choose the DESERT biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

Choose the TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Choose the SAVANNAH biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Choose the GRASSLAND biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Choose the TROPICAL RAINFOREST biome.

a)
b)
c)
d)