Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

Climate Types and Biomes

  1. What is the main cause of rainfall in the Savanna climate zone?

    Options:
    1. Cyclones
    2. Monsoons
    3. Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
    4. El Niño

    Option: C

  2. Which type of weather dominates the Savanna climate?

    Options:
    1. Humid equatorial weather
    2. Dry tropical weather
    3. Subtropical high pressure belt weather
    4. None of the above

    Option: C

  3. What is the main cause of dry weather in the Savanna climate?

    Options:
    1. Converging surface winds
    2. Ascending unstable winds
    3. Descending stable winds
    4. Sea breezes

    Option: C

  4. Which factor causes variation in the spatial distribution of rainfall in different parts of the Savanna climate?

    Options:
    1. Distance from the equator
    2. Nature of topographic features
    3. Both a and b
    4. None of the above

    Option: C

  5. Which of the following regions has the highest temperature among all the Savanna regions of the world?

    Options:
    1. Llanos of Columbia
    2. Brazilian Savanna
    3. Indian Savanna
    4. None of the above

    Option: C

  6. Which layer of Savanna vegetation is dominated by various types of grasses and herbaceous plants?

    Options:
    1. Ground layer (stratum)
    2. Middle layer (stratum)
    3. Top layer (stratum)
    4. None of the above

    Option: A

  7. What is the height of African elephant grass?

    Options:
    1. 3.5m
    2. 500cm (5m)
    3. 2.5m
    4. 6-12m

    Option: B

  8. What is the structure of Savanna grasses?

    Options:
    1. Tufted
    2. Flat
    3. Spiky
    4. None of the above

    Option: A

  9. What is the root system of Savanna grasses?

    Options:
    1. Taproot system
    2. Shallow root system
    3. Lateral dense network of fine branches that penetrate into the soil
    4. None of the above

    Option: C

  10. What are the important genera of Savanna grasses?

    Options:
    1. Hyparrhenia, Panicum, Pennisetum, Andropogon, and African species Imperata cylindrica
    2. Eucalyptus, pine, and palm trees
    3. Baobab, dom palm, and Isoberlinia
    4. None of the above

    Option: A

  11. What is the height range of Savanna trees?

    Options:
    1. 2-5m
    2. 6-12m
    3. 20-30m
    4. 50-60m

    Option: B

  12. What is the unique characteristic of some Savanna trees to cope with the dry conditions?

    Options:
    1. They shed their leaves during dry season
    2. They have developed mechanisms to reduce evapotranspiration from their leaves during warm dry season
    3. They have taproot systems to obtain water from groundwater
    4. None of the above

    Option: B

  13. What is the net primary productivity of the Savanna biome?

    Options:
    1. 200 dry grams per square meter per year
    2. 900 dry grams per square meter per year
    3. 1500 dry grams per square meter per year
    4. None of the above

    Option: B

  14. What is the dominant vegetation cover of Tree Savanna?

    Options:
    1. Grasses
    2. Shrubs
    3. Trees
    4. All of the above

    Option: A

  15. Which type of Savanna is also called Closed Savanna?

    Options:
    1. Woodland Savanna
    2. Tree Savanna
    3. Open Savanna
    4. None of the above

    Option: A

  16. What is a Shrub Savanna?

    Options:
    1. A vegetation dominated by trees
    2. A vegetation dominated by shrubs
    3. A vegetation dominated by both trees and shrubs
    4. A vegetation dominated by grasses

    Option: B

  17. What is the ground layer of a Shrub Savanna dominated by?

    Options:
    1. Trees
    2. Shrubs
    3. Grasses
    4. Both grasses and shrubs

    Option: C

  18. What is the top layer of a Shrub Savanna dominated by?

    Options:
    1. Trees
    2. Shrubs
    3. Grasses
    4. Both grasses and shrubs

    Option: B

  19. What is a Grass Savanna characterized by?

    Options:
    1. The presence of dense shrubs
    2. The presence of dense grasses
    3. The presence of both trees and shrubs
    4. The absence of both trees and shrubs

    Option: B

  20. How is the grass cover in a Grass Savanna?

    Options:
    1. Continuous
    2. Separated by intervening patches of grassless areas
    3. Separated by intervening patches of shrubs
    4. Non-existent

    Option: B