ASSIGNMENT FOR CHAPTER 7.

Make it ready for the discussion at the next meeting.

1. Describe the difference between climate and weather.

2. What are the factors that determine how air circulates in the lower

atmosphere? 3. What are the greenhouse gases? Give specific examples.

4. What is the greenhouse effect and why is it important to the earth’s climate?

5. What is a biome?

6. Explain why there are three major types of each of the major biomes. 7. Describe how the

three major types of deserts differ in their climate and vegetation. How do desert plants and

animals survive?

8. What is a savanna? Why have many of the world’s temperate grasslands disappeared?

9. What is temperate shrubland or chaparral? Why is this biome a desirable place to live?

10. What is a forest system and what are the three major types of forests? Describe how

these three types differ in their climate and vegetation.

11. Why is biodiversity so high in tropical rainforests?