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Biomes And Food Security Flashcards

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Types of natural biomes

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Forest, tundra, grassland, desert, and aquatic

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How are biomes distributed?

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  • depends on how close area is to water
  • biomes correlate to the type of climate
  • how close to the equator
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How do biomes differ and why?

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Since biomes are controlled by their location, distance from: equator, sea, prevailing winds, and mountains, each one has unique characteristics and aspects.

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List some characteristics of a tropical rainforests

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-High temperatures
-most diverse ecosystem
- help regulate earths climate
Humid and heavy rainfall

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List some characteristics of a grassland

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  • Dominated by grass
  • wide and open
  • inhabited by grazing animals
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List some characteristics of a tundra

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  • coldest regions of the world
  • most vulnerable to global warming
  • grass, dwarf shrubs, and lichen
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List some characteristics of a desert

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  • dry
  • extreme temperatures
  • most animals are nocturnal
  • very little precipitation
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List some characteristics of a aquatic biome

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  • occupies 3/4 of the earth
  • full of plants and animals
  • salt or freshwater
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How have people altered earth to produce food?

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Food irrigation, land clearing, greenhouses, fertilisers, raised animals.

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Biome

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A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat.

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Arable

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Describes land that can be used for growing crops

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Biodiversity

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The number and variety of organisms found within a certain location.

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Biosphere

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The living part of earth

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Deforestation

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Clearing forests to make way for housing or farming.

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Degradation

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Deterioration of lands quality and worth

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Prairie

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Native grasslands in North America

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Urbanisation

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The growth and spread of cities

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Sustainable

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Describes the use by people of earths resources at a rate that there is enough being produced.

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Subsistence

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Farming that provides food for only the farmers family leaving little to sell.

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Per capita

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Per person

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Horticulture

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The practice of growing fruits and vegetables

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Irrigation

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Providing water where there is a low natural source

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Malnourished

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Someone not getting the right amount of nutrients

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Genetically modified

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Crops that have an altered DNA

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Hydrosphere

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All the bodies of water on earth

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Lithosphere

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Rigid outer part of the earth: crust

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