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Flashcards by Zak O'Mahoney, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Zak O'Mahoney
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Dense Forest In Hot Wet Climites | Tropical Rainforest |
| Dry often Sandy, little rainfall, extreme temperatures sparse vegetation | Hot Desert |
| Tropical and sub tropical region with few trees | Savanna |
| A vast Arctic in Europe, Asia and North America, soil is completely frozen | Tundra |
| A place characterized by trees that seasonally shed there leaves | Deciduous Forest |
| Roughly how high can trees grow to in the rain forest(meters) | 40 metres |
| Why is there little growth on the forest floor? | Because the tall trees are blocking the sunlight so it cannot get to it |
| What is the section of the rain forest under 10 meters called? | Shrub Layer |
| What section of the rain forest is 10 meters to 20 meters? | Under Canopy |
| What is the section of the rain forest that is 20 meters to 30 meters? | Canopy |
| What is the tallest layer of the rain forest called? | Emegents |
| What is the line above the Equator called? | Tropic Of Cancer |
| What is the line that runs through the middle of Earth called? | The Equator |
| What is the line that runs under the equator called? | Tropic Of Capricorn |
| Describe why cattle ranching is destroying the rain forest | Large areas of the rain forest are being cut down in order to make space for raising cattle. |
| Explain why logging is destroying the tropical Rain Forest | The Rain Forest Wood(like Mahogany) is being cut down and exported abroad. |
| Explain why mining is destroying the Rain Forest | Under the rain forest there are very expensive minerals, so large areas of Rain Forest are being destroyed to build Quarrys |
| Explain why population increase is destroying the tropical rain forest | People are cutting down the rain forest to provide more settlements and crops for the growing population. |
| Explain why roads and buildings are destroying the tropical rainforest | Roads need to be built in more advanced communities to export and import everything, some routes cut right through the rain forest. |
| What is the leading cause of Deforestation? | The leading cause of deforestation is cutting down trees to provide space for new structures. |
| What is the biggest Rain Forest in the world? | The Amazon in South America |
| What percent of earth is covered in Rain Forest? | 6% |
| How many football fields of rain forest, do you think, are being cut down each minuet | 20 |
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