Biosphere definition
The part of our planet inhabited by flora and fauna which may be terrestrial or marine.
Ecosystem definition
Community of plants abs animals that interact with each other and the environment
Biotic definition
The living part of a biome made up of flora and fauna
Abiotic definition
The non living parts of a biome
Name the eight biomes
Deciduous forests
Coniferous forests
Mediterranean
Tropical grassland
Tundra
Temperate grassland
Tropical rainforest
Desert
Why is the suns energy concentration
It’s curvature
Moorland provision
Soaks up heavy rainfall so it doesn’t go downstream
Coniferous provision
Provides timber for furniture construction and wood pulp
Salt marsh provision
Feeding for migrating birds
Name some rainforest locations
Amazon, Madagascar, Congo basin, Borneo bad New Guinea
Where do rainforests occur
10 degrees north and south
Name the layers of trees
Understory, canopy and emergent
