Question

Name the type of biome at the lowest latitude.
(a)Rain forest
(b) Desert
(c)Chaparral
(d)Tundra
(e)Taiga

Answer 1

Hint: These are the forest of tall, mostly evergreen trees characterized by high and continuous rainfall. These are the Earth's oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years.

Correct answer:
The type of biome at the lowest latitude in the rainforest. The regions located in lowest latitudes that are between 0° to 23° latitudes, receive the direct strike of sun's rays, have high temperatures, the region also have warm and moist air due to evaporation from sea and ocean currents that is leading to high rainfall. The tropical rain forest is the type of biome of this region along with tropical grassland and warm dessert too.

Additional Information:
-The biosphere is made up of biomes which are large geographical regions where certain types of plants and animals thrive.
-The major land biomes are tropical rainforest, grasslands, deserts, temperate deciduous forests, taiga, and tundra.
-The difference in the biomes is related to its location in relation to the equator, the climate of the region, the amount of sunlight it receives.
-The tropical rainforest is also referred to as a lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest.
-The tropical rainforest biome occurs roughly between the equatorial zone of the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn.
-The tropical rainforest exhibits a high level of biodiversity. These are home to almost half of the living animals and plant species that exist on our planet earth.
-These are globally most threatened ecosystems due to large-scale fragmentation as a result of human activity.

So, the correct answer is 'Rainforest'.

Note:
-The biomes have a unique set of environmental conditions and different flora and fauna.
-The differences exhibited by different biomes is related to its location in relation to the equator, the climate of the region, the amount of sunlight it receives.
-The rainforest is also called the world's largest pharmacy because one-fourth of natural medicine have been discovered here.