The World's Biomes (Edexcel IGCSE Geography)

Topic Questions

1a
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Study Figure 5 below which shows a farmed area in one of the world's biomes

Identify the biome

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  • hot desert

  • temperate grassland

  • tropical rainforest

  • tundra

1b
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What is meant by the term biodiversity?

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Study Figure 5 which shows a farmed area in one of the world's biome

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Identify the type of farming 

2b
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Identify one example of a global biome.

  • pond

  • moorland

  • salt marsh

  • tundra

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3a
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Identify one of the goods provided by natural ecosystems.

  • soil formation

  • waste decomposition

  • timber

  • gas exchange

3b
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Study Figure 2a below.

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Explain one physical factor that could have influenced the choice of crop shown in the farming system on Figure 2a.

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Discuss the main ecological processes affecting the biodiversity of one named ecosystem.

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Study Figure 2c below.

 

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Analyse how exploiting natural ecosystems can affect their goods and services.

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Study Figure 2c which shows the world's biomes

Analyse the reasons for the distribution of the world's biomes

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Outline two reasons why biodiversity varies between ecosystems. 

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