Tropical Rainforests

Question 1

Physical characteristics of a tropical rainforest

Answer 1

-very wet with over 2,000 mm of rainfall per year
-Most of the soil is not very fertile.
-The atmosphere is hot and humid

Question 2

the interdependence of climate, water, eg people have in a rainforest

Answer 2

depedent on each other.

Question 3

producer definition

Answer 3

They make their own food, which creates energy for them to grow, reproduce and survive.

Question 4

examples of producers

Answer 4

algae, moss, canopy trees and rubber trees

Question 5

consumer defintion

Answer 5

a person or thing that eats or uses something

Question 6

consume examples

Answer 6

sloth, grasshopper,

Question 7

decomposer defintion

Answer 7

organism that breaks down dead organic material

Question 8

food chain defintion

Answer 8

a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Question 9

Food web definition

Answer 9

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

Question 10

What does a nutrient cycle look like

Answer 10

biomass

    (littering) litter.                               (plant uptake)

       (decomposition)
                                          soil

Question 11

explain the distribution of tropical rainforests around the world

Answer 11

They are located mainly by the tropic of cancer and tropic of capriciorn, just above and below the equator

Question 12

how have plants adapted to the physical conditions of a rainforest

Answer 12

-buttress roots which are large roots containing ridges
-Their leaves and flowers grow in the canopy

Question 13

how have animals adapted to the rainforest

Answer 13

The sloth uses camouflage and moves very slowly to make it difficult for predators to spot

Question 14

what would you expect the climate to be like in a tropical rainforest

Answer 14

humid

Question 15

how does this link to the line of the equator

Answer 15

-near the equator where the sun directly lays
-it’s the shortest distance from the sun
-at the equator hot air rises

Question 16

explain the emergent layer of a rainforest

Answer 16

-only a few very tall trees break through the canopy and into this area
-the trees are shaped like umbrellas and have long thin trunks
-leaves are big, thick, waxy leaves to protect them

Question 17

canopy infomation

Answer 17

-most plant and animal life is found here
-it’s made up of overlapping branches and leaves of rainforest trees
-snakes monkeys frogs lizards
-drier and hotter than other parts of the rainforest

Question 18

under canopy

Answer 18

-thickest layer of the forest where trees stop sunlight reaching plants below
-little sunlight reaches these areas
-it is hot, damp and the airs still
-contains a tangle of shrubs, young trees

Question 19

the forest floor/ shrub layer

Answer 19

-it is often dark and humid due to constant shade
-where decomposition takes place
-largest animals are found on the forest floor (elephants, tigers and jaguar)

Question 20

what are the changing rates of deforestation

Answer 20

it is massively increasing

Question 21

the importance and value of the tropical rainforest on a local, national and international scale

Answer 21

-provide us with food and water
-protecting against soil erosion

Question 22

what is leaching

Answer 22

heavy rainfall which can quickly dissolve and carry away nutrients