1.2.2 Value Of Tropical Rainforest To People And The Environment

Question 1

Types of values in the tropical rainforest

Answer 1

Goods and services

Question 2

Goods supplied by the tropical rainforest

Answer 2

Food
Useful products
Chemicals
Traditional subsistence
Medicine

Question 3

Food found the tropical rainforest

Answer 3

Cocoa
Bananas
Sugar
Cinnamon
Vanilla

Question 4

Useful products found in the tropical rainforest

Answer 4

Rubber
Rope
Baskets

Question 5

What are chemicals from the tropical rainforest used for?

Answer 5

Perfume
Soap
Polish
Gum

Question 6

Traditional subsistence farming

Answer 6

Harvesting the goods the rainforest grows and provides eg. Wild meat, fish, building material and water

Question 7

What amount of the world’s freshwater comes from the Amazon Basin (%)

Answer 7

20%

Question 8

Service supplied by the tropical rainforest

Answer 8

Water and nutrient cycling
Employment
Regulates the world’s climate

Question 9

Water and nutrient cycling purpose (2p)

Answer 9

This is essential to maintain the ecosystem
- This in turn helps to protect the soil erosion and wildlife habitats that will ensure biodiversity

Question 10

Employment examples

Answer 10

These jobs can include logging industries and mining, which may benefit settlers but actively destroy the environment

Question 11

Regulating the world’s climate

Answer 11

• Rainforest are one of the largest ‘carbon sinks’, which means they store carbon dioxide to aid growth

Question 12

What percentage of oxygen comes from rainforest?

Answer 12

28%