Rainforests

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GCSE Geography (Ecosystems) Quiz sobre Rainforests, criado por megan1403 em 02-06-2013.
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Questão 1

Questão
What is shifting cultivation?
Responda
  • An area of forest is cleared, and after 3 to 4 years this is left to regrow, and they move to a different area. Often used in Brazillian farming.
  • Where villages are made in different areas, connected by trade routes.

Questão 2

Questão
What heights do the layers of the rainforest stand?
Responda
  • 40m - Emergent, 30m - Canopy, 20m - Under canopy and 10m - Shrub layer
  • 100m - Emergent, 70m - Canopy, 50m - Under canopy and 25m - Shrub layer

Questão 3

Questão
Give three facts about the rainforest climate.
Responda
  • Average temperature of 40 degrees centigrade, it is very humid. Around 800mm of rain falls per year.
  • Average temperature of 28 degrees centrigrade (rarely about 35 and never below 20). Around 2000mm of rain per year, the atmosphere is sticky, hot and humid.

Questão 4

Questão
How many species are there in the rainforest?
Responda
  • Over 5 million species have been identified, with a possible 30 million that exist.
  • 800,000 have been identified, with a possible 70 million that exist.

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