Tropical rainforest

Question 1

Soil

Answer 1

Is not very fertile as heavy rains washes nutrients away. There are nutrients at the surface due to decayed laves.

Question 2

Plants

Answer 2

Most trees are evergreen to take advantage of continual growing season. Many trees are tall and the vegetation cover is dense.

Question 3

Animals

Answer 3

Contain more animal species than any other ecosystem. There are lots of insect and birds.

Question 4

People

Answer 4

Home for many people, who have adapted to life there over many generations. They live from hunting, fishing, gathering nuts or berries and growing plants.

Question 5

Climate

Answer 5

Same all year round-there are no definite seasons. It is hot and rainfall is very high.

Question 6

Selective logging

Answer 6

Only some trees(old) are cut down, most trees stay standing. If only few trees are cut down, the overall structure if the forest is kept.

Question 7

Replanting

Answer 7

When new trees are planted to replace the ones that are cut down. This means there will be trees for people to use in future.

Question 8

Ecotourism

Answer 8

Provides an income for local people, who educate tourists about how important rainforests are, guide them around the rainforests, provide accommodation and transport.

Question 9

Sustainable management

Answer 9

International hradwood agreements
Education
Conservation
Reducing debt of the country

Question 10

Threats to rainforests

Answer 10

• logging
• road building
• energy development
• mineral extraction
• population size

Question 11

Large biodiversity. Rainforests contain…

Answer 11

Half of all plant and animals in the world.

Question 12

Medicine

Answer 12

25% of all medicine come from rainforest plants

Question 13

Water

Answer 13

20% of world’s water is cleaned in rainforests

Question 14

Oxygen

Answer 14

28% of world’s oxygen comes form rainforests

Question 15

Leaching

Answer 15

Heavy rainfall can quickly dissolve and carry away nutrients

Question 16

Sustainable management

Answer 16

• conservation
• education
• international agreements
• debt reduction

Question 17

Shrub layer

Answer 17

Dark with very little vegetation between the trees. Often flooded during rainfalls

Question 18

Under canopy

Answer 18

Limited sunlight. Saplings wait here for larger plants and trees to die, leaving a gap in canopy.

Question 19

Canopy

Answer 19

Where upper parts of most of the trees are found. Up to 40 m

Question 20

Emergents

Answer 20

The tops of the tallest trees in the rainforest. Able to absorb more light than average trees.