UCLA Geography 5
Did the Greeks know the earth was round? How? (3 ways) - correct answer 1. Clouds and boats- clouds touch
horizon and boats are in front
2. The lunar eclipse of the moon (the earth's shadow on the moon)
3. North star rises as you go more north
Tundra or Alpine/ Artic:
1. Where is it
2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapated to fire? - correct answer 1. N America and N Europe, Russia, Siberia, high elevations
2. 7 months of freezing temperature and little rainfall (less than 25cm)
3. Herbs- short plants that are perennial (over 1 year age); berries and edible plants
4. Yes, S. Sierra Nevada and Yosemite
5. Good, hard to get up there to destroy it.
6. Not adapted to fire, takes long to recover
Boreal Forest
1. Where is it
2. Why is it there
,3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Fire - correct answer 1. In bands across N America, Europe (Scandinavia and N Germany), Russia, S. America--
only N. hemisphere
2. Warmer temperatures for over 7 months, over 50 cm of rain
3. Conifers (no leaves, but needles and cones); soft wood
4. Yes, redwood and sequoias, mountains
5. Pretty good, able to regenerate and be sustainable. What's awful is the Old grove forests that cant grow
back. Only 4% left.
6. Yes. Needs fire to reproduce.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
1. Where is it
2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapted to fire? - correct answer 1. E America, W Europe (France), Asia, China, Japan, S. Chile, New Zealand,
Tasmania
2. Occurs near warm water. Cold winters (like Artic), hot and wet summers (like Tropics)
3. Old/primitive flowering plants/trees (no cones- flowers and fruits YES): oaks, magnolias, Laurel
4. NOPE
5. Good, grows back quickly. Bad that air pollution and acid rain kills trees
6. No no
Temperate Grasslands
1. Where is it
, 2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapted to fire? - correct answer 1. US prairies, Pampas of Argentina, S Africa, Steppes of Europe
2. Between deserts and mountains; summer is hot and winter is cold; less rainfall so trees aren't prominent;
drier than TD Forest
3. Perennials; short or tall grasses
4. Yes, central valley and pre-UCLA
5. Ugly, used for farm and BEEF
6. Fire maintains the land, 80% biomass underground so it's all good in the grass-hood)
Mediterranean Scrub
1. Where is it (5 places important to know)
2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapted to fire? - correct answer 1. Mediterranean
2. CA West Coast
3. Central Chile
4. S Africa
5. SW Australia
2. Summers are hot, winters are wet because ocean currents
3. Shrubs (multi-stemmed, single trunk, about 2 m tall);
-All med. plants have tiny leaves because heat
Did the Greeks know the earth was round? How? (3 ways) - correct answer 1. Clouds and boats- clouds touch
horizon and boats are in front
2. The lunar eclipse of the moon (the earth's shadow on the moon)
3. North star rises as you go more north
Tundra or Alpine/ Artic:
1. Where is it
2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapated to fire? - correct answer 1. N America and N Europe, Russia, Siberia, high elevations
2. 7 months of freezing temperature and little rainfall (less than 25cm)
3. Herbs- short plants that are perennial (over 1 year age); berries and edible plants
4. Yes, S. Sierra Nevada and Yosemite
5. Good, hard to get up there to destroy it.
6. Not adapted to fire, takes long to recover
Boreal Forest
1. Where is it
2. Why is it there
,3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Fire - correct answer 1. In bands across N America, Europe (Scandinavia and N Germany), Russia, S. America--
only N. hemisphere
2. Warmer temperatures for over 7 months, over 50 cm of rain
3. Conifers (no leaves, but needles and cones); soft wood
4. Yes, redwood and sequoias, mountains
5. Pretty good, able to regenerate and be sustainable. What's awful is the Old grove forests that cant grow
back. Only 4% left.
6. Yes. Needs fire to reproduce.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
1. Where is it
2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapted to fire? - correct answer 1. E America, W Europe (France), Asia, China, Japan, S. Chile, New Zealand,
Tasmania
2. Occurs near warm water. Cold winters (like Artic), hot and wet summers (like Tropics)
3. Old/primitive flowering plants/trees (no cones- flowers and fruits YES): oaks, magnolias, Laurel
4. NOPE
5. Good, grows back quickly. Bad that air pollution and acid rain kills trees
6. No no
Temperate Grasslands
1. Where is it
, 2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapted to fire? - correct answer 1. US prairies, Pampas of Argentina, S Africa, Steppes of Europe
2. Between deserts and mountains; summer is hot and winter is cold; less rainfall so trees aren't prominent;
drier than TD Forest
3. Perennials; short or tall grasses
4. Yes, central valley and pre-UCLA
5. Ugly, used for farm and BEEF
6. Fire maintains the land, 80% biomass underground so it's all good in the grass-hood)
Mediterranean Scrub
1. Where is it (5 places important to know)
2. Why is it there
3. Plant Adaptations
4. CA?
5. Conservation status
6. Adapted to fire? - correct answer 1. Mediterranean
2. CA West Coast
3. Central Chile
4. S Africa
5. SW Australia
2. Summers are hot, winters are wet because ocean currents
3. Shrubs (multi-stemmed, single trunk, about 2 m tall);
-All med. plants have tiny leaves because heat
