Question

Velds of Africa and Pampas of South America
(a) Rainforest biomes
(b) Chaparral biomes
(c) Temperate biomes
(d) Grassland biomes

Answer 1

Hint: A ‘biome’ is a group of plants and animals that exhibit common characteristics for the environment they live in. These biomes are areas that are generally dominated by various grass species.

Complete answer:
The velds of Africa and pampas of South America are grassland biomes. The study of interactions among organisms and between the organisms and their physical or abiotic environment is called ecology. Ecology is basically formed by four levels of biological organization. These are organisms, populations, communities, and biomes.
Now let's know biomes better.
Various scholars attempted classifying biomes. One such classification was presented by Whittaker. He classified biomes based on two abiotic factors namely precipitation and temperature.
As our planet rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun, it causes annual variations in the intensity and duration of temperature and precipitation. This results in the formation of major biomes. Such biomes are spread all across the continents of the world. Various forms of biomes seen are desert, grasslands, rain forest, tundra, tropical forest, temperate forest, coniferous forest, Arctic and Alpine Tundra. Examples of grassland biomes are the Velds of Africa and Pampas of South America

Additional Information:
 -There exist regional and local variations within each biome. This leads to the formation of a wide variety of habitats.
 -Major biomes of India are tropical rainforest, deciduous forest, desert, and sea coast.
- Temperate biomes are located between the tropics and the polar regions.
So, the correct answer is, (d) ‘Grassland biome.’

Note: -Tropical rainforest biomes cover about 7% of the earth’s surface. The majority of the tropical rainforests are located in Brazil, South America.
-Chaparral is known to be a coastal biome. It experiences hot and dry summers and mild and rainy winters.
-The temperature changes in temperate biomes between summer and winter is generally moderate, supporting numerous habitats including forest and grasslands.