GEOGRAPHY PAPER 3:
PEOPLE AND
ENVIRONMENT ISSUES,
MAKING GEOGRAPHICAL
DECISIONS
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered along with their answers:
1. **Identify two features of the distribution of taiga (boreal forests).**
- It covers most of Russia.
- It has a large east-to-west range.
2. **Define the term ecosystem.**
- Organisms and plants that are interconnected in a system.
3. **Identify the range of animal species in Figure 1.**
- 4,500 - 500
4. **State two ways in which climate affects the global distribution of biomes.**
- Precipitation levels are impacted by the climate, resulting in wetter climates.
- Climate influences daily temperature changes in a biome.
5. **Explain one way in which vegetation helps soil to develop.**
- Vegetation provides key nutrients to the soil, which are returned through decomposition
of organic matter.
6. **Identify Forest biome X.**
- Tropical rainforest
7. **Using Figure 2, explain one other benefit of forest conservation.**
- Forest conservation helps to conserve biodiversity by protecting the large variety of
habitats found in forests globally.
8. **Explain two reasons why the development of oil and gas may threaten parts of Russia's
taiga. Reason 1.**
PEOPLE AND
ENVIRONMENT ISSUES,
MAKING GEOGRAPHICAL
DECISIONS
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, Certainly! Here are all the questions numbered along with their answers:
1. **Identify two features of the distribution of taiga (boreal forests).**
- It covers most of Russia.
- It has a large east-to-west range.
2. **Define the term ecosystem.**
- Organisms and plants that are interconnected in a system.
3. **Identify the range of animal species in Figure 1.**
- 4,500 - 500
4. **State two ways in which climate affects the global distribution of biomes.**
- Precipitation levels are impacted by the climate, resulting in wetter climates.
- Climate influences daily temperature changes in a biome.
5. **Explain one way in which vegetation helps soil to develop.**
- Vegetation provides key nutrients to the soil, which are returned through decomposition
of organic matter.
6. **Identify Forest biome X.**
- Tropical rainforest
7. **Using Figure 2, explain one other benefit of forest conservation.**
- Forest conservation helps to conserve biodiversity by protecting the large variety of
habitats found in forests globally.
8. **Explain two reasons why the development of oil and gas may threaten parts of Russia's
taiga. Reason 1.**
