rainforests

Question 1

What are the different layers of the rain forest in order from bottom to top?

Answer 1

Shrub level, under canopy, canopy, emergent.

Question 2

Describe the climate of a rain forest.

Answer 2

It’s warm and wet.

Question 3

Is the diversity in a rain forest varied or not?

Answer 3

It is.

Question 4

What is the rainfall like in a rain forest?

Answer 4

It rains over 2000 mm per year.

Question 5

What is the average daily temperature of a rain forest?

Answer 5

28 degrees C.

Question 6

How many seasons are there in a rain forest?

Answer 6

None.

Question 7

Is the soil in a rain forest fertile?

Answer 7

The soil is not fertile.

Question 8

What happens to the nutrients in the soil?

Answer 8

They get washed away because o the heavy rainfall.

Question 9

What are Lianas?

Answer 9

They are tall plants that have their roots in the ground but climb up trees to reach sunlight.

Question 10

Where do the Liana’s flowers grow?

Answer 10

In the canopy layer.

Question 11

Why are tree trunks tall and thin?

Answer 11

To allow trees to reach the sunlight.

Question 12

Why is the bark on tree trunks smooth?

Answer 12

To allow water to flow down to the roots.

Question 13

Why do plants have “drip tips”?

Answer 13

To allow water to flow off the leaves without damaging them.

Question 14

What are “drip tips”?

Answer 14

Leaves with pointy tips.

Question 15

What are “buttress roots”?

Answer 15

Roots that have ridges to create a large surface area.

Question 16

Why do “buttress roots” have a large surface area?

Answer 16

So they can support larger trees.

Question 17

Where do Epiphytes live?

Answer 17

On the branches of trees in the canopy layer.

Question 18

How do epiphytes get their nutrients?

Answer 18

They get their nutrients from the air and water, not from the soil.

Question 19

Why does the Sloth use camouflage?

Answer 19

To make it difficult for predators to spot them.

Question 20

Why does the spider monkey have long, strong limbs?

Answer 20

To help it climb through the trees.

Question 21

What does the flying frog use to glide between plants?

Answer 21

Fully webbed hands and feet and a flap of loose skin.

Question 22

Why does the Toucan have a large bill?

Answer 22

To cur fruit from branches that are too weak to support its weight.

Question 23

Name one threat to the tropical rain forest

Answer 23

Deforestation

Question 24

What are the different reasons for deforestation?

Answer 24

Farming, logging, mining, roads, hydroelectric power, population

Question 25

Why is farming a threat to the rain forest?

Answer 25

Because large areas of the rain forest can be cleared to grow cash crops or cattle farming

Question 26

Why is logging a threat to the rain forest?

Answer 26

Because trees are cut down for paper, timber and furniture

Question 27

Why is mining a threat to the rain forest?

Answer 27

The amazon contains some rare materials so areas of it are cleared for mining

Question 28

How much of Malaysia is covered by rain forest?

Answer 28

67%

Question 29

How much of Malaysia’s rain forest isn’t being interfered with?

Answer 29

18%

Question 30

Which place in the world has the fastest rate of deforestation?

Answer 30

Malaysia

Question 31

Why is energy production a threat to the rain forest?

Answer 31

The Bakun Dam exists

Question 32

How high do the trees reach in the Emergent layer?

Answer 32

50 meters

Question 33

How much of the life lives in the canopy layer?

Answer 33

80%

Question 34

How high do the trees reach in the under canopy layer?

Answer 34

20 meters