Tropical Rainforests AQA GCSE 2023

Adaptations

Select the way(s) in which plants have adapted to the high levels of rainfall

• Thick waxy leaves

• A wide canopy

• Buttress roots

• Drip tips

Tropical rainforests are found near which line of latitude?

What are the impacts of deforestation? (Choose all that apply)

• Soil erosion

• Loss of biodiversity

• Contribution to climate change

• Loss of jobs

The average annual rainfall in tropical rainforests is what?

• Over 20mm

• Over 200mm

• over 2000mm

• 20,000mm

What does HEP stand for?

• Hypo-eclectic prowess

• Hydro-electric power

• Hydro-electrifying pylons

• Happy energy power

True or false - Buttresses are woody creepers rooted to the ground but carried by trees into the canopy to seek sunlight.

• True

• False

What temperatures are most typical in a tropical rainforest?

• 15*C

• 28-30*C

• 35-40*C

• 40+*C

Adaptations

These plants climb tree trunks to reach the light:

• Epiphytes

• Mahogany

• Lianas

• King Fern

Nutrient cycling

When an organism dies it is eaten by __________ and the nutrients are recycled

• plants

• producers

• microbes

• the Sun

Nutrient cycling in the tropical rainforest returns nutrients to the biomass store very __________

• slowly

• quickly