Tropical Rainforests Flashcards
What is a Tropical Rainforest?
Where are Tropical Rainforests located?
What are three examples of Tropical Rainforests?
What are three rainfall characteristics of Tropical Rainforests?
What are three temperature characteristics of Tropical Rainforests?
Why are soils in tropical rainforests extremely nutrient deprived?
What is leaching?
What is Latosol?
Why does lush vegetation exist in Rainforests despite poor soil quality?
Describe the four stages of Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Rainforests.
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Approximately how many of the world’s plant and animal species are found within this ecosystem?
What are the four levels of canopy in the rainforest?
Which organisms live in the upper canopy?
Which organisms live in the canopy?
Which organisms live in the understory?
Which organisms live on the forest floor?
Describe what Buttress Roots are and how they are adapted to Tropical Rainforest climate and soils.
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What are ‘Drip Tip Leaves’ and how are they adapted to the Tropical Rainforest Environment?
Why are flexible stems an important adaptation in the Rainforest? Examples?
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What are Epiphytes and how are they adapted to the Tropical Rainforest Environment?
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What challenges do animals adapt to in the Rainforest?
What is one adaptation of Spider Monkeys and how is it useful?
What is one adaptation of Leaf-tailed Geckos and how is it useful?
What is one adaptation of the Golden Poison Frog and how is it useful?
