Geographical Words

Question 1

leaf litter

Answer 1

dead flora and fauna that decompose

Question 2

leached

Answer 2

nutrients that are washed out of the soil

Question 3

biodiversity

Answer 3

the number of different plant and animal species in an area

Question 4

food webs

Answer 4

models that show the connection of plants and animals

Question 5

direct threats

Answer 5

human caused deforestation eg. cutting down trees

Question 6

indirect threats

Answer 6

nature caused deforestation eg. comes from pollution, global warming or disease

Question 7

overgrazing

Answer 7

there are too many animals on the land

Question 8

overcultivation

Answer 8

too many crops have been grown on the land

Question 9

net primary productivity (NPP)

Answer 9

measure of how much new plant and animal growth, biomass, is added to a biome each year (measured in grams per square metre per year)

Question 10

forest fragmentation

Answer 10

occurs when forests are cut down in a manner that leaves relatively small, isolated patches of forest fragments

Question 11

intact forest

Answer 11

forest that has not been touched by human and not negatively impacted. It doesn’t contain roads or other developments and the human activity occurring within it has low impact

Question 12

wilderness

Answer 12

isolated area that is hard to reach and with little human interference

Question 13

sustainable management

Answer 13

meets the need of the current population without compromising the needs of future generations

Question 14

conservation

Answer 14

protecting threatened biomes eg. setting up national parks or banning trade of endangered species

Question 15

social sustainable management

Answer 15

improving facilities to benefit the community eg. schools

Question 16

environmental sustainable management

Answer 16

protecting biodiversity and other resources such as rivers eg. afforestations, renewable energy sources

Question 17

economic sustainable management

Answer 17

reducing poverty by creating income from alternative livelihoods eg. ecotourism, sustainable farming

Question 18

CITES (Convention on International Trades in Endangered Species(of wild fauna and flora)) advantages

Answer 18

many countries have signed up, protected species include a wide variety of species geographically and by type, successes such as reduced ivory trade

Question 19

CITES (Convention on International Trades in Endangered Species(of wild fauna and flora)) disadvantages

Answer 19

global warming could undermine its success, protects species not ecosystems so deforestation isn’t prevented, species have to be under-threat to be on the list so it could be too late