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Question 1
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What is shifting cultivation?
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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.
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Where villages are made in different areas, connected by trade routes.
Question 2
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What heights do the layers of the rainforest stand?
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40m - Emergent, 30m - Canopy, 20m - Under canopy and 10m - Shrub layer
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100m - Emergent, 70m - Canopy, 50m - Under canopy and 25m - Shrub layer
Question 3
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Give three facts about the rainforest climate.
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Average temperature of 40 degrees centigrade, it is very humid. Around 800mm of rain falls per year.
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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.
Question 4
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How many species are there in the rainforest?
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Over 5 million species have been identified, with a possible 30 million that exist.
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800,000 have been identified, with a possible 70 million that exist.
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