Key words rainforest biome BHS

What is the definition of deforestation?

• A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall and high temperature

• The state of the atmosphere, including temperature, pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover

• Materials available in our environment such as soil, water and rocks

• The process of clearing/burning parts of the rainforest in order to clear space for farming

What are nutrients?

• Plants that need only air and moisture to live

• The essential minerals that are needed by plants and animals to grow

• Insects and animals that break down material such as leaves and rotting material to return nutrients to the soil

• Vine like plants that climb trees to reach the sunshine above

What is the definition of climate?

• The chopping down and the removal of trees/ vegetation

• A disagreement over how areas are used and what for e.g the use of land or resources

• Climate is the long-term trend for weather conditions in a given location

• Another word for all the animals

What are buttress roots?

• Smaller trees and ferns that grow in the shaded parts of the rain forest

• Tall heavy trees that develop extra roots to support the tree above

• The tallest trees that emerge through the main canopy layer

• Leaves that plants develop to are glossy and pointed to remove water quickly

What is the definition of economy?

• The ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time

• The state of a country in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services and the supply of money

• Plants have adaptations to help them survive (live and grow) in different areas

• A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

What are epiphytes?

• Vine like plants that climb trees to reach the sunshine above

• Leaves that plants develop to are glossy and pointed to remove water quickly

• Plants that need only air and moisture to live

• Plants that need only air and moisture to live

What is the definition of sustainability?

• The process of clearing/burning parts of the rainforest in order to clear space for farming

• The state of the atmosphere, including temperature, pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover

• The chopping down and the removal of trees/ vegetation

• The ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time