Geography Tropical Rainforests

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Quiz sobre Geography Tropical Rainforests , criado por Erin AS em 27-09-2017.
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Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

Questão
Why do trees in the rainforest have shallow roots?
Responda
  • Most nutrients are stored in the thin shallow soil
  • The trees think it's cool to have shallow roots
  • The trees are worried their roots will get stuck

Questão 2

Questão
What are the characteristics of a Drip Tip Leaf?
Responda
  • Warm and moist *like toms dad*
  • Colourful and slimy
  • Waxy and long
  • Waxy with pointed tip

Questão 3

Questão
Which of these are adaptations to Rainforest climate?
Responda
  • Red pigmented leaves
  • Drip tip (waxy and pointed)
  • Very slimy
  • Very colourful

Questão 4

Questão
Why do trees in the emergent layer often have more branches and leaves than those in other layers of the rainforest? E.g. Canopy layer
Responda
  • To look cool to the Lady trees
  • to look cool for Toms Dad
  • Or to maximise sunlight in the emergent layer, as having many leaves and branches in lower layers would be wasting energy as there is not as much light access lower down in the dense vegetation
  • If you don't get this answer question right you shouldn't do geography