Irish Habitats Quiz

Quiz on Irish Habitats

Climate of Ireland

Irish climate:

maritime temperate.

Cloud Coverage

• Duration of cloud coverage in Irish skies:

  • 260 days each year.

Geology of Munster

• Dominant geology of Munster:

  • Burren limestone and shale

Podsols

• Definition of podsols:

  • Podsols are a type of soil characterized by leaching of iron, aluminum, and organic matter from the upper layers of the soil, resulting in a bleached, leached horizon below.

• Leaching of

  Iron, aluminium, organic matter from

  Upper layers of soil

  Bleaches leached horizon below

Current Geological Era

• Term given to the current geological era: Anthropocene.

Eskers

• Definition of an esker:

long, narrow ridge

formed by sediment

deposited by a river

flowing beneath a glacier.

Glacial Conditions

• Term for the short-lived re-advance of glacial conditions:

  • The short-lived ‘re-advance’ of glacial conditions at the end of the last major glacial period is referred to as a Younger Dryas.

Climate Envelope

• Definition of a climate envelope:

  • A climate envelope refers to the range of climatic conditions that a species can tolerate for survival and reproduction, correlating its distribution with climate factors.

Native Crops to Ireland

• List of crops to identify as native to Ireland:

  • Of the following, only the apple is native to Ireland. Other crops such as the potato, plum, wheat, and oats were introduced.

Ringforts Establishment

• Approximate period of ringfort establishment in Ireland:

  • Ringforts were established in Ireland during the early medieval period, approximately from 400 AD to 1200 AD.