Study

Biomes

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