Year 11 Unit 1 Revision

Deserts are located on...

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn

• Arctic Circle

Select the best description for the location of the tropical rainforest:

• On the equator, between the tropics (23.5°N & S) across South America, Africa and Oceania.

• In the northern hemisphere, around the Tropic of Cancer across Brazil, Madagascar and Indonesia.

• On the equator, on the tropics (23.5°N & S) across South America, Africa and Oceania.

• On the equator, between the tropics (23.5°N & S) across north America, Europe and Asia

Select the best description of the tropical rainforest climate:

• Hot (average 26.5°c), temperature range of 1.5°c and wet (more than 2000mm rainfall) all year.

• Hot (average 22.5°c), temperature range of 12.5°c and dry (less than 250mm rainfall) all year.

• Hot (average 35.5°c), temperature range of 1.5°c and wet (more than 2000mm rainfall) all year.

• Cold (average 6.5°c), temperature range of 1.5°c and wet (more than 2000mm rainfall) all year.

Which of the following is the best description of desertification?

• Degradation of the land so it becomes more desert-like.

• Degradation of the land so it looses nutrients and becomes sandy

• Desert-like land because of people.

• Desert-like because of climate change.

An organism to plant that is able to absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis’ – what is this?

• A decomposer

• A primary consumer

• A consumer

• A producer

Which of the following are methods of reducing desertification? Select as many as possible

• Terraces

• Deforestation

• Rock walls (Bunds)

• Sand dams

• Planting trees

How do wildfires affect the environment? Choose all the correct answers

• Mitigate climate change

• Release CO2

• Decrease biodiversity

• Cause £1000s of damage

What % of the worlds palm oil is exploited in Malaysia

• 44%

• 45%

• 46%

• 47%

Which statement bests describes a Temperate Deciduous Woodland?

• Shred leaves annually, average temperature of - 10 degrees C and average rainfall between 75-150cm per year

• evergreen, found in the beacon Country park

• Shred leaves annually, average temperature of 10 degrees C and average rainfall between 75-150cm per year

• evergreen, average temperature of 10 degrees C and average rainfall of 7.5-15cm per year

Which of the following are examples of how the rainforest is being managed? there may be multiple answers.

• Palm Oil Plantations

• Selective logging

• Hydro electric dams

• Logging

• Eco Tourism resorts