WorksheetsTeamGeo Biomes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What type of biome is typically found at 20 to 30 degrees latitude?
Tropical Rainforest
Temperate Grassland
Desert
Temperate Forest
What is the fanciest word for a horizontal layer?
Strip
Band
Zone
Strata
Which of the these biomes are found in New Zealand?
Tropical Rainforest
Desert
Temperate Forest
Temperate Grassland
Savanna is another name for...
Tropical Grassland
Desert
Taiga
Tundra
Which of these biomes are not found on a large scale in the Southern Hemisphere?
Desert
Taiga
Tundra
Tropical Grassland
Tropical Rainforests are found in areas between the equator and which lines of latitude?
10 degrees
20 degrees
30 degrees
40 degrees
What explains why temperate forest and temperate grassland are both found within similar latitudes?
Heat from the Sun
The Hadley Cell
Orographic Rainfall
What is the best description of the Hadley Cell
It makes some landscapes wet and other ones dry
It is a cycle of weather that makes it wet at the centre of the earth and dry either side
It is an atmospheric circulation that results in high precipitation at the equator and dry zones 30 degrees north and south?
What causes moist air to rise at the equator?
Rainforests
Prevailing winds
Overhead sun
What is the name of the process that causes thunderclouds at the equator as part of the Hadley Cell?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Oscillation
What direction does New Zealand's weather mainly come from?
North
South
West
East
What causes moist air to rise in the process of orographic rainfall?
The Sun
Cold air underneath it
Wind
Mountains
In what continent can we see how prevailing winds affect biomes the most?
North America
South America
Asia
Oceania
Which of the these mountains ranges are found in South America
The Himalayas
The Rockies
The Andes
The Alps
Which of these biomes would you find in Canada?
Tundra
Taiga
Savanna
Tropical Rainforest
What would be the 'big idea' around the information you collected about tar sands?
Some Biomes are Changing
Some Biomes are being exploited by People
Some Biomes provide a large diversity of resources
Biomes influence where people can live
What would be the 'big idea' around the information you collected about rainforest animals and plants?
Some Biomes are Changing
Some Biomes are being exploited by People
Some Biomes provide a large diversity of resources
Biomes influence where people can live
What would be the 'big idea' around the activity you completed about how agriculture and human settlement are different in different places?
Some Biomes are Changing
Some Biomes are being exploited by People
Some Biomes provide a large diversity of resources
Biomes influence where people can live
What would be the 'big idea' around the information you collected about the Sahel area on the edge of the Sahara Desert?
Some Biomes are Changing
Some Biomes are being exploited by People
Some Biomes provide a large diversity of resources
Biomes influence where people can live
What are the things every good geography paragraph needs?
Statement or big idea
Explanation of how or why
Details / Examples
Conclusion
