Paper 3

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

The study of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) aspects of the environment such as a woodland where the living things interact with each other and also with the non-living environment they are found in.

Question 2

Biome

Answer 2

A large scale ecosystem found across the globe; each biome has ita own group of plants, animals and climate which makes it unique and distinctive.

Question 3

Goods

Answer 3

Physical material, such as timber from trees or fish caught in a lake

Question 4

Services

Answer 4

Function, e.g. how forests prevent flooding and trees add oxygen

Question 5

Indigenous

Answer 5

Those origanating from a particular place; native

Question 6

TNCs

Answer 6

There are companies that operate om many different countries. McDonalds, a TNC, has over 34000 restaurants in 119 different countries.

Question 7

Carbon sinks

Answer 7

Natural stores for carbon containing chemical compounds like carbon dioxide or methane

Question 8

Biotic

Answer 8

Living things such as plants, animals and bacteria ect.

Question 9

Abiotic

Answer 9

Non living things that organism interact with such as temperature, light, air ect.

Question 10

Interdependent

Answer 10

How biotic and abiotic factors interact for survival

Question 11

Commercial farming

Answer 11

Forest is cleared to make space for cattle grazing or for huge palm oil or soya plantation

Question 12

Logging

Answer 12

Local demand for fuel wood - local people chop down trees to use as fuel for cooking or to burn to make cancer

Question 13

Minerals

Answer 13

Gold, copper and iron ore are often found in tropicsl rainforets. Explosoves are sometimes used to clear earth or deep pits are dig to reach the deposits

Question 14

Subsistence farming

Answer 14

Forest is cleared so farmers can grow food for themselves and their families.