characteristics of a biome soil

Question 1

what is the zonal soil associated with the tropical rainforest biome.

Answer 1

The latosol is the zonal soil associated with the tropical rainforest biome.

Question 2

why is the soil low in nutrients

Answer 2

due to constant leaching

Question 3

what does constant leaching cause in the soil

Answer 3

the rainforrest has a short nutrient cycle

Question 4

where are nutrients found

Answer 4

Nutrients are mainly found in the living plants and layers of decomposing leaf litter on the surface (O horizon). A study of the Amazon rainforest found that 99% of nutrients are held in the root mats of the forest floor.

Question 5

what do decomposers do

Answer 5

Decomposers such as insects, bacteria and fungi make quick work of converting dead plant and animal matter into humus

Question 6

what happens when the rainforrest gets cut down and burned

Answer 6

nutrients are removed from the ecosystem

can only be used for a very short time before it becomes completely depleted of all its nutrients.

Question 7

what happens to latosols if they lose there vegetation cover

Answer 7

the soils quickly dry up due to the intense heat and laterite soils develop. Laterite is a hard brick-like soil impossible to cultivate