Characteristics Of TRF

Question 1

Rainfall per year

Answer 1

2000mm

Question 2

Store most of the nutrients where

Answer 2

Biomass - in the trees!

Then the soil, then litter due to fast decomposition

Question 3

5 layers of the TRF

Answer 3

Emergents (50m), canopy (30m), understory(20m), shrub layer (5m), root mattress

Question 4

5 plant adaptations

Answer 4

Buttress roots, drip tips, large surface areas, lianas, leguminous plants.

Question 5

5 characteristics of the soil

Answer 5

No nutrients (leaching), very deep, roots only go down 10cm, acidic (decomposes release acids) and mostly sand

Question 6

5 animal adaptations:

Answer 6

Live in the canopy (lots of food), camouflage (hide from predators, catch prey), nocturnal (save energy cooler), can swim(lots of flooding), excellent smell and hearing to make up for bad sight as it’s always dark.

Question 7

4 main threats to the TRF

Answer 7

Cattle farming, commercial agriculture, commercial logging or land being cleared for mineral extraction, dams or new settlements.

Question 8

Temperature

Answer 8

20-28•c