Rainforests

Question 1

Eco-System: A community of plants and animals which interact with each other and with their non-living environment.

Answer 1

Living creatures and plants in an ecosystem depend on non living features such as climate, soils, geology and relief.

Question 2

Micro: A small scale ecosystem
Messo: A medium scale ecosystem
Biome: A large scale ecosystem

Answer 2

The rainforest is north and south of the equator inbetween the tropics.

Question 3

Adaptation: the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.

Answer 3

Biodiversity: the number of species of plants and animals

Question 4

Resource: a material that can be used by humans

Answer 4

Photosynthesis: the removal of nutrients from soil by rain

Question 5

Evapotranspiration: the movement of water from plants back into the atmosphere

Answer 5

Goods: things taken from the rainforest used either for individual survival or commercial profit.

Services: the way that the rainforest serves/helps the planet

Question 6

Deforestation: clearing the earths forests on a massive scale

Logging: cutting, skidding, onsite processing and loading of trees or logs onto trucks. Cut into logs > sold

Answer 6

Exported: send (goods or services) to another country for sale

Plantations: farming that produces just one crop over a very large area

Question 7

Ranching
Forestry and logging
Hydro electric power---
H.E.P
Farming
Mining

Answer 7

Causes of deforestation