The Siberian wildfires | Geography | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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What is global warming?
- the increase in Earth's average temperature over a long period of time ✓
- the decrease in Earth's average temperature over a long period of time
- changes in Earth's average temperature over a short period of time
Siberia is located in the __________ hemisphere.
- Northern ✓
- Southern
- Equator
What could start a wildfire?
- lightning ✓
- campfires ✓
- dropped cigarettes ✓
- crop irrigation
Match the key term with its definition.
- habitat
  
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  the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism ✓
- boreal forest
  
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  the world’s largest land biome, found in the Northern hemisphere ✓
- carbon sink
  
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  anything that absorbs more carbon dioxide than it releases ✓
Match the term with its definition.
- habitat
  
  ⇔
  
  the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism ✓
- ecosystem
  
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  an environment where plants and animals interact with each other ✓
- biome
  
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  the world’s 5 major communities of living things, e.g. deserts, forest ✓
__________ is emitted from wildfires and can contribute to global warming.
- Carbon dioxide ✓
- Oxygen
- Hydrogen

Wildfires can be ignited by ______, not just natural causes.
- 'humans' ✓
Which things make wildfire worse?
- dry conditions ✓
- wet conditions
- strong winds ✓
- low wind
Global ______ is increasing the likelihood of wildfires.
- 'warming' ✓
The boreal forest is a biome in the Northern hemisphere, it covers areas of ...
- Canada ✓
- Alaska ✓
- Russia ✓
- Scotland
- Australia

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Wildfires are uncontrolled fires that spread fast through vegetation, e.g. forests, grasslands or shrublands.
Wildfires have both natural and human causes.
Climate change is making the conditions needed for wildfires to spread more likely.
The carbon dioxide emitted from wildfires was a huge contribution to carbon emissions in 2022.
The 2022 Siberian wildfires had devastating impacts on people and the environment.

Wildfires are all ignited naturally.

Wildfires can be ignited by natural (e.g. lightning) or human causes (e.g. campfires).

Global warming - the increase in Earth's average temperature over a long period of time
Habitat - the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism
Boreal forest - the world’s largest land biome, found in the northern hemisphere
Carbon sink - anything that absorbs and stores more carbon dioxide than it releases