Year 9 Geography - Biomes Quiz

A Biome is best described as.....

• A large area of earth that is home to People

• A small area of earth that is home to People

• A small area of earth that is home to plant and animal communities

• A large area of earch that is home to plant and animal communities

ABIOTIC FACTORS:  non-living components that help shape it’s environment e.g. temperature, light intensity, soil, rainfall.

• False

• True

Within a biome there are Biotic, Abiotic and Antibiotic factors

• True

• False

• Maybe

• Not sure

BIOTIC FACTORS: living components such as the plants and animals.

• False

• True

⊷The coldest biomes

⊷Has only two species of flowering plants

• The Tundra

• Boreal Forest

• Mountain Vegetation

• Polar Lands

⊷One of the coldest biomes

⊷Gets the same rainfall as the average desert

⊷Very long winters and very short summers (sometimes 6 weeks)

• Polar Lands

• Mountain Vegetation

• Tundra

• Boreal Forest

⊷Home to a large variety of species

⊷Found in the Northern Hemisphere

• Tundra

• Polar Lands

• Mountain Vegetation

• Boreal Forest

⊷Much of the human population lives in the temperate zone

⊷Rich soil which is great for growing plants

• Boreal Forest

• Grasslands

• Desert

• Temperate Forest

This is an image of....

• Grasslands

• Tropical Forest

• Freshwater

• Marine

This image is Freshwater.

• True

• False