Physical Geography Ecosystems

Question 1

On average, how many people visit the UK’s coastline each year?

Answer 1

250million

Question 2

How many turbines are installed at LondonArray?

Answer 2

175

Question 3

Howmany acres of moorland are there in the UK?

Answer 3

350,000 ha

Question 4

How many acres of heath arethere in the UK?

Answer 4

95,000 ha

Question 5

How high is the maincanopy in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 5

30mto 40m

Question 6

What % of animals livein the main canopy in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 6

80%

Question 7

What adaptation does aUroplatusgecko have?

Answer 7

Camouflage

Question 8

What %of sunlight reaches shrub layer in a tropical rainforest?

Answer 8

2%

Question 9

Howmuch carbon dioxide does the TFR absorb in a year?

Answer 9

2 billion tonnes

Question 10

On average, how much TRFis deforested each year worldwide?

Answer 10

7.3 million ha

Question 11

What are they miningfor in Brazil?

Answer 11

Iron Ore

Question 12

What % of land area in Madagascar was forested in 2016?

Answer 12

20%

Question 13

Tavy is responsible for what % of deforestation in Madagascar?

Answer 13

80%

Question 14

What was the population of Madagascar in 2010?

Answer 14

20.7 million

Question 15

What is the name of the association set up in Madagascar with theresponsibility of managing the rainforest?

Answer 15

AssociationMitsinjo

Question 16

Howmuch timber was produced in 2014 from UK temperaturewoodlands?

Answer 16

13 million tonnes

Question 17

How much carbon dioxide do the UK’s temperate woodlands absorbeach year?

Answer 17

1 million tonnes

Question 18

What % of temperature woodland was cleared in the UK during the 20thcentury?

Answer 18

38%

Question 19

Which tree species grows quicker out of deciduous and coniferous?

Answer 19

Coniferous

Question 20

On average, how manytourists visit the New Forest each year?

Answer 20

15 million

Question 21

How much timber does the New Forest produce each year?

Answer 21

50,000 tonnes

Question 22

Work in the forest is minimised between which months to avoiddisruption to wildlife?

Answer 22

April - Autumn

Question 23

What % of the New Forest is privately owned?

Answer 23

50%