TRF

Question 1

What are the good conditions in a TRF.

Answer 1

hot and wet.

Question 2

what are the layers in a TRF.

Answer 2

Litter layer, shrub, under canopy, main canopy, Emergents.

Question 3

Buttress roots

Answer 3

Triangle roots to hold them down in the wind as roots dont go far down.

Question 4

Lianas

Answer 4

Woody vines that creep up the trees to light travling acreoss many trees creating strength and pathways for animals.

Question 5

Epiphytes

Answer 5

Flowers on the side of trees take there water and grow up to get to the light.

Question 6

Strangler figs

Answer 6

Start growing at the top of the tree and go down covering every part taking its light strangling it till the tree dies.

Question 7

Drip tip leaves

Answer 7

High rain fall so leaves are pointy so rain watre drips off end.

Question 8

Waxy leaves

Answer 8

Similar job to drip tip stop watre from soaking in and killing the leaf.

Question 9

Sloth

Answer 9

Slow so hard to see, strong arms and legs, grows moss to camouflage.

Question 10

Spider monky

Answer 10

2 ft tall, powerfull tails to use as a 5th leg.

Question 11

Poison dart frog

Answer 11

Bright colour warn preditor to stay away, very toxic.

Question 12

Medicines

Answer 12

120 differet meds found, Periwinkle= hodgicnsins

Question 13

Exploiting the rain forest worst to best

Answer 13

Rubber tapping, Shifting cultivation, Dams, Logging, Roads, Settlement, Mining

Question 14

Devision of the TRF

Answer 14

56.7% - Farmland
34.9% - Natural
5.9% - Built on
2.5% - Green land