2.4 Climate and biomesIB Environmental Systems and Societies SL: Flashcards
What these 12 flashcards ask
- Distinguish climate from weather.
- Define biome.
- What determines terrestrial biome distribution?
- List the six broad biome groups.
- What does the tricellular model explain?
- What happens to air at the equator in the tricellular model?
- Why are there deserts near 30° north and south?
- Name the three cells in each hemisphere?
- What do oceans do with solar radiation?
- Why is north-western Europe warmer than Labrador?
- How is global warming affecting biomes?
- Why is permafrost thaw a positive feedback?
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).