EE20

Question 1

What are the 7 biomes?

Answer 1

tropical wet and dry
desert
meditaranian 
grasslands
temperate decidious
boreal conifer taiga
tundra (artic and alpine)

Question 2

What are key determinates of boundaries between biomes?

Answer 2

• seasonality
• rainfall
• temperature

Question 3

What are the other names for the meditaranian?

Answer 3

sclephylous woodland
temperate evergreen
chaparral maguis 
pgyana 
garrique

Question 4

10 degrees N/S equator

Answer 4

Tropical forest

Question 5

40-60 degrees N of equator

Answer 5

temperate deciduous

Question 6

30-50 degrees S of equator

Answer 6

temperate decidious

Question 7

10-40 degrees in both hemisphere

Answer 7

desert

Question 8

60-70 in N hemisphere

Answer 8

boreal conifer taiga

Question 9

30-40 degree in N/S

Answer 9

meditarranian

Question 10

far north around north pole

Answer 10

artic tundra

Question 11

moutains round world where trees cannot grow

Answer 11

alpine tundra

Question 12

30-50 in both hemispheres

Answer 12

grassland

Question 13

1 or more pronounced dry seasons

Answer 13

tropical dry forest

Question 14

mild moist climate often oceanic

Answer 14

temperate decidious

Question 15

long frost free growing season

Answer 15

temperate decidious

Question 16

characteristic floral of spring flowers epremerals blue bells etc

Answer 16

temperate decidious

Question 17

dominated by shrubs succulents and drought resistent grasses

Answer 17

desert

Question 18

post rain flush of colour from long persistent seed bank

Answer 18

desert

Question 19

spectacular flush of early spring flowers

Answer 19

meditaranian

Question 20

evergreen conifer dominated spruce picea

Answer 20

boreal conifer taiga

Question 21

rain fall high relative to evaporation

Answer 21

boreal conifer taiga

Question 22

sandy soils with high moistue delivering capacity

Answer 22

boreal conifer taiga

Question 23

short frost free growing season

Answer 23

tundra

Question 24

dominated by sedges cotton grasses, mosses, lichens and dwarf shrubs

Answer 24

tundra

Question 25

small mammals show cyclic populations

Answer 25

tundra

Question 26

permifrost

Answer 26

artic tundra

Question 27

moderate to variable rainfall

Answer 27

grassland

Question 28

ungulates key stone species

Answer 28

grassland

Question 29

colourful spring flowers orchids

Answer 29

meditaranian

Question 30

leathery leaved evergreens and spiny shrubs

Answer 30

meiditaranian

Question 31

penguins

Answer 31

southern hemisphere tundra

Question 32

vast number of breeding geese and waders in brief snow free summers

Answer 32

tundra

Question 33

succulant plants

Answer 33

desert

Question 34

euorpobias

Answer 34

old world desert

Question 35

cacti

Answer 35

new world desert

Question 36

rodents and ants often key stones

Answer 36

deserts

Question 37

graze tolerant and fire tolerant plants

Answer 37

savannah

Question 38

tall ever greens with drip tip leaves

Answer 38

tropical rainforest

Question 39

epiphytes

Answer 39

tropical rainforest

more in wet than dry

Question 40

fossorial underground animals

Answer 40

grassland

Question 41

dominated by tussock grasses

Answer 41

grassland

Question 42

caespitose or rhizomatous

Answer 42

grassland

clonal turf grasses

Question 43

trees mast fruit

Answer 43

make nuts

temperate decidious

Question 44

evergreen spruce

Answer 44

taiga

Question 45

caribou

Answer 45

taiga

Question 46

which land biome has the highest plant biomass and which has the lowest

Answer 46

tropical rainforest highest 450t/ha

tundra lowest 6t/ha

Question 47

which land biome has the highest net primary productivity and which has the lowest

Answer 47

tropical rainforest highest 22 t/ha/yr

desert lowest 0.5t/ha/yr

Question 48

which land biome has the largest area and which has the smallest?

Answer 48

desert = largest 18km

temperate decidious = lowest 7km

Question 49

which land biome has the largest world production and which has the lowest

Answer 49

largest tropical rainforest
37000 millions of tonnes /yr
lowest tundra 1100 millions of tonnes /yr

Question 50

which land biome has the greatest animal biomass and which has the lowest

Answer 50

tropical rainforest 330 milion tonnes

tundra 3.5 million tonnes

Question 51

which land biome has the largest animal consumption and which has the lowes

Answer 51

tropical rainforest= largest

tundra = lowest

Question 52

which land biome has the largest animal productivity and which has the smallest?

Answer 52

savannah has the largest 300

tundra has the lowest 3

Question 53

What are the 5 water based biomes?

Answer 53

open ocean
upwelling zones
continental shelf
algal beds and reefs
esturies

Question 54

in water bases biomes what does open ocean have the largest of?

Answer 54

area
world production
animal biomass
animal consumption
animal productivitty

Question 55

in water based biomes what does open oceans have the lowest of?

Answer 55

plant bopmass r/ha

net primary productivity t/ha/yr

Question 56

What do upwelling zones have the lowest of?

Answer 56

area
world production
animal biomass
animal consumption
animal productivty

Question 57

what do algal reefs have the greatest out of the water based biomes?

Answer 57

plant biomass

net primary productivity

Question 58

why is brain scape stupid

Answer 58

because i need to make an extra card to unlearn something