geography (rainforest and climate change)

Question 1

what does logging mean

Answer 1

logging means chopping down trees and transporting them to other spaces

Question 2

how much rainforest had been cleared for faring over the last 40 years

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

how much of the worlds medication come form the rainforest

Answer 3

25%

Question 4

How much rainfall does the rainforest receive each year?

Answer 4

2,000mm per year

Question 5

How many layers make up a tropical rainforest?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

what is the main cause for climate change

Answer 6

the main cause for climate change is global warming, as we are getting older the planet is getting warmer and therefore the ice bergs are melting and that means the sea levels/water levels are rising.

Question 7

what is the definition for drought

Answer 7

as temperatures increase, soils dry up and this makes droughts worse.

Question 8

what is the defintion for extinction

Answer 8

animal and plants are adapted to specific conditions. Climate change means those conditions are changing, making life harder and harder

Question 9

what is the definition for sea levels rising

Answer 9

melting ice on land raises sea levels. The sea also expands as it gets warmer, increasing levels even more

Question 11

what is the definition for wildfires

Answer 11

wildfires happen during periods of hot, dry weather. Climate change makes these hot, dry weather conditions more likely to occur

Question 12

what is the definition for storms

Answer 12

higher temperatures mean that more water evaporates from the surface of the oceans. More moisture in the atmosphere means more rain. The storms also have more energy.

Question 13

what does the location of plants affect how they grow?

Answer 13

plants have to battle for the light so plants that plants that have less competition will survive for longer