2. Flashcards
Where does tropical rainforest located?
Around the?
Between 23.5? And?
Equator
N&S
List three tropical rainforests
The Amazon basin in South America
The Congo basin in Africa
Southeast asia
赤道
Equator
What are the climate characteristics about rainfall of tropical rainforests?
? Rainfall
High annual rainfall
Often exceeds ?mm
No distinct ?season
Abundant
2000
Dry
What are the climate characteristics about temperature of tropical rainforests?
? Temperature
Low ?
Receive a large amount of ??
(Low/high)annual mean temperature of ?Degree
(Big/small)annual range of temperature of around ?to? Degree
High
Latitudes
Solar radiation
26
2,4
雨量充沛
Abundant rainfall
低緯度
Low latitudes
明顯的旱季
Distinct dry season
太陽輻射
Solar radiation
湧現層
Emergent layer
冠層
Canopy layer
下層
Understorey
灌木層
Shrub layer
林下層
Undergrowth and ground layer
What are the characteristics of emergent layer?
Trees can reach up ?m
Rise above surrounding terrestrial to complete for sunlight
? Distributed
50
Sparely
What r the characteristics of canopy layers
?to?m tall
Trees crown from a ? and ? layer
20-35
Dense and continuous
What r the characteristics of understorey?
?m to?m tall
? trees of emergent and canopy layer
(Thicker/thinner)trunks with ?-shaped crowns
10-20
Young
Thinner,oval
What r the plants in shrub layer
Shrubs ferns and seedlings
灌木蕨類和幼苗
Shrubs ferns and seedlings
What r the plants in undergrowth and ground layer
Lichens mosses and herbs
地衣苔蘚和草藥
Lichens mosses and herbs
Y forests floor is usually dark and wet
As the emergent and canopy layers receive the largest amount of sunlight