The Biosphere 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? OtherThe EarthUniversityNone Created by: MariaC5Created on: 12-04-18 19:49 How many distinct biogeographical regions can the biosphere be divided into? 7 1 of 38 The two subheadings of the 7 distinct biogeographical regions of the biosphere are Holoarctic and Palaeotropic 2 of 38 Léon Croizat theorised what? Understanding past climatic and tectonic change is important for understanding biological distributions today 3 of 38 Biomes are named based on what? Vegetation species 4 of 38 What kind of correlation is there between biomes, vegetation structure and climatic zones? Strong 5 of 38 How many main (classical) global biomes are there? 9 6 of 38 What is not a biome that comes under Tropical biomes? Grasslands 7 of 38 What is not a biome that comes under Temperate biomes? Taiga 8 of 38 Which is not a biome that comes under Cold/Polar biomes? Chapparal 9 of 38 Savannas temperatures are similar to what other biome? Tropical forest 10 of 38 Savanna has higher or lower biodiversity? Lower 11 of 38 In the Hot Desert are there a small or large diurnal (day and night) variation? Large 12 of 38 Why is there a large diurnal variation No cloud cover 13 of 38 In the biome Chapparal it is --- all year Warm 14 of 38 In the biome Chapparal there is high or low rainfall rates? Low 15 of 38 Chapparal biomes have droughts in summer? True 16 of 38 The Chapparal is dominated by what vegetation type? Maquis 17 of 38 What type of grass do grasslands have? Perrenial 18 of 38 Grasslands have Long dry seasons 19 of 38 The biome Deciduous forest is only found in the --- hemisphere Northern 20 of 38 The Deciduous forest is Moist 21 of 38 The Deciduous forest is temperate... All year 22 of 38 The Deciduous forest has good or bad soil development Good 23 of 38 Is the Deciduous forest impacted largely by humans? Yes 24 of 38 The biome Evergreen is present in the --- hemisphere Southern 25 of 38 The biome Evergreen has what kind of forest structure? Simple 26 of 38 The biome Taiga is found only in the --- hemisphere Northen 27 of 38 The Taiga has what kind of forest? Boreal 28 of 38 Is the Taiga cool or warm all year? Cool 29 of 38 The Taiga has high or low rainfall? Low 30 of 38 The Taiga has short or long growing seasons? Short 31 of 38 All the trees in the Taiga are coniferous? False 32 of 38 The Tundra is found only in the --- hemisphere Northern 33 of 38 What temperature does the Tundra experience in the winter? -50 degrees 34 of 38 For 2 months the Tundra has temperatures of > 0 degrees 35 of 38 In the Tundra there is --- biodiversity Low 36 of 38 In lowland Tundra there is ... Permafrost 37 of 38 Why is the Antarctic not counted as a biome? Too dry for life 38 of 38
Comments
No comments have yet been made