Climate & Biomes (DP IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS): SL): Exam Questions

Insolation is the amount of solar radiation received by given area of land in a given time period. It is one of the main factors governing the distribution of biomes.

State the other two.

List the five major classes that all biomes can be grouped into.

State two biomes that fall within the 'forest' class of biomes.

Complete the following sentence:

Global atmospheric circulation can be described as a worldwide system of winds moving solar heat energy from the _________ to the __________ to reach a balance in temperature.

Complete the following sentence:

Air always moves from areas of __________ pressure to areas of __________ pressure and this movement of air generates wind.

State three characteristics that are typical of tropical biomes.