Ecosystems (Paper 1)

Question 1

On average, how many people visit the UK’s coastline each year?

Answer 1

250 million

Question 2

How any turbines are installed at London Array?

Answer 2

175

Question 3

How many acres of moorland are there in the UK?

Answer 3

350,000 ha

Question 4

How many acres of heath are there in the UK?

Answer 4

95,000 ha

Question 5

How high is the main canopy in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 5

30m to 40m

Question 6

What % of animals live in the main canopy in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 6

80%

Question 7

What adaptation does a Uroplatus gecko have?

Answer 7

Camouflage

Question 8

What % of sunlight reaches shrub layer in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 8

2%

Question 9

How much carbon dioxide does the tropical rainforests absorb each year worldwide?

Answer 9

2 billion tonnes

Question 10

On average, how much of the tropical rainforest is deforested each year world wide?

Answer 10

7.3 million ha

Question 11

What are they mining in Brazil?

Answer 11

Iron ore

Question 12

What % of land area in Madagascar was forest in 2016?

Answer 12

20%

Question 13

Tavy is responsible for what % of deforestation in Madagascar?

Answer 13

80%

Question 14

What was the population of Madagascar in 2010?

Answer 14

20.7 million

Question 15

What is the name of the association set up in Madagascar with the responsibility of managing the rainforest?

Answer 15

Association Mitsinjo

Question 16

How much timber was produced in 2014 from UK temperate woodlands?

Answer 16

13 million tonnes

Question 17

How much carbon dioxide do the UK’s temperate woodlands absorb each year?

Answer 17

1 million tonnes

Question 18

What % of temperate woodland was cleared in the UK during the 20th century?

Answer 18

38%

Question 19

Which tree species grows quicker out of deciduous and coniferous?

Answer 19

Coniferous

Question 20

On average, how many tourists visit the New Forest each year?

Answer 20

15 million

Question 21

How much timber does the New Forst produce each year?

Answer 21

50,000 tonnes

Question 22

Work in the forest is minimised between which months to avoid disruption to wildlife?

Answer 22

April-Autumn

Question 23

What % of the New Forest if privately owned?

Answer 23

50%

Question 24

What are the different world ecosystems?

Answer 24

-Tropical
-Temperate
-Boreal
-Tropical Grasslands
-Temperate Grasslands
-Deserts
-Tundra

Question 25

What are the characteristics of the tropical ecosystem?

Answer 25

Mostly found either side of the equator. Temperature is hot and there is heavy rainfall.

Question 26

What are the characteristics of the temperate ecosystem?

Answer 26

Higher latitudes where sun rays are varying during seasons. There is high rainfall. Trees lose their leaves in the cool winters.

Question 27

What are the characteristics of the boreal ecosystem?

Answer 27

Higher latitudes where sun rays are weak. Trees are adapted to the cold with needle-like leaves

Question 28

What are the characteristics of the tropical grassland ecosystem?

Answer 28

Found either side of the equator. Hot all year, dry and rainy season.

Question 29

What are the characteristics of the temperate grassland ecosystem?

Answer 29

Found North and South of the tropics. Warm summers and cool winters, precipitation all year.

Question 30

What are the characteristics of the desert ecosystem?

Answer 30

Found close to the tropics. Hot air sinks here and the Sun’s rays are concentrated, making it hot all day with very little rain.

Question 31

What are the characteristics of the tundra ecosystem?

Answer 31

Within the Arctic circle. The sun gives little heat here and there is little rainfall. Only tough, short grasses survive.