Tropical Rainforest

Question 1

location?

Answer 1

between the tropics on the Equator

Question 2

climate?

Answer 2

high temperatures (26-32C) high precipitation (60mm each month) no dry season

Question 3

soil?

Answer 3

incredibly deep, nutrient layer is very thin, not very fertile, nutrients can be ‘leached’ by heavy precipitation

Question 4

lianas adaptations

Answer 4

woody climbing vines, climb high to reach sunlight, drop their roots into the ground

Question 5

leaves adapatations

Answer 5

drip-tips to shed heavy rain, waxy to protect themselves from insects

Question 6

buttress roots

Answer 6

support trees in shallow soil, spread roots over a large surface to catch nutrients

Question 7

epiphtyes adapatations

Answer 7

grow on branches for support

Question 8

sloth adaptations

Answer 8

huge claws to hang upside down, fur grows away from their feet to shed rain, green algae grows on their fur camouflages them from predators

Question 9

lemurs and monkeys adaptations

Answer 9

evolved to live in the canopy, long tails for balance, strong claws to grip trees and branches

Question 10

jaguars, tigers and leopards adaptations

Answer 10

camouflaged fur, dark and light fur patches blend in with the shade and sunlight

Question 11

Amazon Rainforest threats (percentages)

Answer 11

60% cattle ranching, 33% subsistence agriculture, 3% fires mining urbanization and logging, 1% commercial agriculture

Question 12

Kilum-Ijim, Cameroon

Answer 12

area of mountain forest home to 35 communities from 3 tribes (the Kom, Nso, Oku), 1987 Birdlife International organisation started a project to create a sustainable forest reserve, aim was to conserve the forest to be used for future generations, forest area has increased by 8%, economically sustained forest management, faces the challenge of population increase money from international donors could stop and climate change degrading the forest