Rural Environments - 5.1 (Biomes; Goods and Services; Farming)

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Biomes

Tundra

  • Found mostly in Northern Canada and Russia and the outer areas of Greenland
  • Mosses, lochens and dwarf trees grow in tundras, and the Arctic fox can be found there too

Hot desert

  • Found in Australia in Australia, Africa and the Middle East and the southern Americas and in India
  • Has lizards, coyotes, thorny devil, desert tortoise and cactus type plants

Savanna

  • Found along equator, mostly in Africa but also South America and Australia
  • Baobabs, eucalyptus and bushes grow in savannas and elephants, zebras, lions and crocodiles live there

Coniferous Forest

  • Found between 60° N and 40° N lives, in most of Canada and Russia
  • A lot of fur spruces,cedars and birches grow here, with lynx, bears, owls, foxes, otters and rabbits live there

Deciduous Forest

  • Found in North America, Europe and East Asia
  • Beeches, mosses, ferns, mushrooms grow along with the bald eagle, bears, squirrels, platypuses and deer

Rainforest

  • South America, central Africa and Southeast Asia
  • Bamboo, coconut mangroves a d elephants, bat, monkeys, king cobra live there

Goods and Services

✩ Good - The products and items that come from the biome for survival or commercial use. Eg.: food, timber, medicine
✩ Services - This is a job that the biome performs. Eg.: Regulating gases in the atmosphere, formation of soil and nutrient cycling, providing habitats

Farming

✩ Commercial - Uses large areas of land from which lower yields are obtained
✩ Intensive - Uses small amounts of land to produce high yields
✩ Extensive - A large area of land but little yield
✩ Subsistence - Produces enough to live off of using little equipment
✩ Pastoral - Raising animals for meat and dairy
✩ Arable - Primary focus is growing crops
✩ Mixed - Has both animals and crops

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