Unit 1: Topic 3: Battle for the Biosphere

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Ecosystem
A biotic (living) community and their abiotic (non-living) envrionment e.g. the Sahara Desert and Antartica.
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Biome
A global ecosystem, with similar climate, soils, latitude and altitude e.g. the hot desert biome, tropical rainforest and Polar ice biomes.
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Biosphere
All of the living things on Earth, including trees, fungi, birds, fish and even you!
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State two biomes.
1) Tropical rainforests e.g. Amazon rainforest and Daintree rainforest. 2) Temperate Deciduous forest e.g. Black forest, Germany.
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Where are tropical rainforests found?
Found at low latitudes, mainly along the Equator (0°), and completely within the lines of latitude of the tropics of Cancer (23.5°N) and Capricorn (23.5°S). They can be found in South America, such as the Amazon Rainforest, Africa and Indonesia.
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Card 2

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A global ecosystem, with similar climate, soils, latitude and altitude e.g. the hot desert biome, tropical rainforest and Polar ice biomes.

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Biome

Card 3

Front

All of the living things on Earth, including trees, fungi, birds, fish and even you!

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Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

1) Tropical rainforests e.g. Amazon rainforest and Daintree rainforest. 2) Temperate Deciduous forest e.g. Black forest, Germany.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Found at low latitudes, mainly along the Equator (0°), and completely within the lines of latitude of the tropics of Cancer (23.5°N) and Capricorn (23.5°S). They can be found in South America, such as the Amazon Rainforest, Africa and Indonesia.

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