The Amazon

Question 1

Amazon rainfall

Answer 1

3000mm per year

Question 2

Amazon location

Answer 2

60% in Brazil

Question 3

Amazon plants and animals (characteristics)

Answer 3

-Butress roots to support tall trees
-Drip tips so rain water falls
-Large leaves to catch sunlight for photosynthesis
-Thin bark
-Sloths are slow so they use less energy, have waterproof fur as it rains loads
-Lianas climb up trees to reach sun
-Spider Monkey long limbs so can swing from branch to branch

Question 4

Amazon wider world

Answer 4

-combats climate change (absorbs over 20% of the world carbon emissions per year)
-25% of all medicine discovery
-20% of the words fresh water is sourced from the Amazon basin

Question 5

Amazon Deforestation

Answer 5

-65% cattle ranching
-2-3% logging
-Trans Amazonian Highway
-Loss of indigenous (6 mill to 200,000)
-Dams flood large areas

Question 6

Structure of the rainforest

Answer 6

50-60m - emergent layer
40m - canopy
20-30m - understory
0-10m - forest floor

Question 7

Amazon sustainable management

Answer 7

-Selective logging (only mature trees cut)
-Ecotourism (small scale, won’t damage environment, income to indigenous)
-Debt for nature swaps (eg. Tropical forest conservation act)
-Education
-afforestation