Ecoystems

Question 1

What is latitude

Answer 1

Latitude is “ a geographic coordinate that gives the position of a point on the Earth’s surface. ”

Question 2

If your highs up is it cooler or hotter than being on sea level

Answer 2

Colder

Question 3

If your high up is it more likely to rain are not

Answer 3

Yes it will rain more Than on sea level

Question 4

What is an ecosystem

Answer 4

An eco system is a place were loads of animals and plants live.

Question 5

What’s a producer

Answer 5

A producer is a plant that produces more and more plants

Question 6

What’s a consumer

Answer 6

A consumers is an animal that eats the plants and then fertilises the forest floor

Question 7

What is the average temp in a tropical rainforest

Answer 7

27c

Question 8

What is the average rainfall in a year in a tropical rainforest

Answer 8

200mm a year

Question 9

Name the layers in order from highest to lowest of the layers of a rain forest

Answer 9

Emergentlayer, upper canopy, lower canopy, forest floor

Question 10

What is mainly mined for in the rainforest

Answer 10

Ores such as tin iron and gold

Question 11

What is the hottest temp ever recorded in the rainforest

Answer 11

45c

Question 12

What is the temp at 8am in the rainforest

Answer 12

25c

Question 13

What is a hotter month January or July in the rainforest

Answer 13

July

Question 14

Why is it hot throughout the year

Answer 14

Because of the ample solar energy,

Question 15

Why do some places on the equator have snow lying all year

Answer 15

Because them place are mainly situated high above sea level

Question 16

How many different types of trees are in the rainforest

Answer 16

1,000

Question 17

What was one of the biggest man made structures to destroy 700 square kilometres of rain forest

Answer 17

The bakun dam

Question 18

What is the second big reason the rainforests are reducing in size

Answer 18

Logging

Question 19

What are the top three biggest animals in the rainforest

Answer 19

Jaguar,mounting gorilla and the okapi

Question 20

How is longitude measured

Answer 20

in degrees North or South of the Equator. The Equator is 0° and the poles are 90° (North or South)”

Question 21

“What is the difference between Climate and Weather?”

Answer 21

Weather is short term variation in the atmosphere.

Climate _ weather conditions over a longer period.

Question 22

4 things that affect climate

Answer 22

Latitude affects climate.
Distance from the sea affects climate.
Prevailing winds affect climate.
Relief (height) affects climate.”

Question 23

How does distance from the sea affect climate

Answer 23

Coastal areas are cooler and wetter than inland areas. …

In the summer, temperatures can be very hot and dry as moisture from the sea evaporates before it reaches the centre of the land mass.

Question 24

How does prevailing winds affect climate

Answer 24

It will bring cool weather

Warm weather if it blows over warm surfaces

Wet weather if it blows over the sea and picks up moisture

Dry weather if they blow over land

Question 25

How does relief (height) affect climate

Answer 25

Relief (height). Places which are high up and in mountains have lower temperatures and more rainfall than places which are lower down

Question 26

How does latitude affect climate

Answer 26

Places located at high latitudes (far from the equator) receive less sunlight than places at low latitudes (close to the equator).