How many land based biomes are there?
4
Name two sub-biomes of forest
deciduous, rainforest, taiga
how is the tundra linked to global warming?
It stores CO2 and as it warms all of this CO2 is released.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
weather varies from day to day and climate is the long term average of precipitation and temperature.
What is the CLIMATIC zone of Brisbane?
subtropical
What is the name for a grassalnd where there is a distinct wet and dry season?
savannah
Name the three types of tundra
Antarctic, Arctic and alpine
Name the subbiome of forests that has needles instead of leaves
taiga
How is a desert defined?
By rainfall - less than 250 mm a year
Give me an example of a very cold and very dry biome
Antarctica or Arctic
Name two characteristics of climate at the Equator.
hot and wet
In a climate graph temperature is shown by a ?
red line
