Terrestrial Ecosystems

A terrestrial ecosystem that is hot, humid forests with much rainfall.

• taiga

• grassland

• tropical rainforest

• deciduous forest

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The top layer of the tropical rainforest; keeps sunlight from reaching the ground.

• Forest floor

• Shrub

• Understory

• Canopy

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Which of the following is not appropriate to use in describing a tropical rainforest?

• rapid decomposition

• rich soil

• stratified

• highly diverse

Terrestrial biomes are defined mainly by their

• climate & plants
• climate & animals
• animals & plants
• climate only

The emergent trees have __________ roots to help stop them _________________.

• buttress, falling down

• buttress, hurting other trees

• big, growing taller

• buttress, growing too close together

The shrub layer is between 10 metres and ______ metres in height.

The forest floor layer can be described as ____

• dark, humid, with little wind

• dark, soil lacks nutrients, full of fruit

• dark, dry, soil lacks nutrients

• Dark, cold, scary

here are plants that grow between trees using vines. These plants are called ______

Some plants on the Forest floor have adapted to eat insects and small animals. This is because ___

• The forest floor is full of insects

• The forest floor has tasty insects

• The forest floor has poor nutrients in the soil

• The forest floor has soil rich in nutrients

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The leaves on the emergent trees are smaller than the leaves on the trees that grow in the shrub layer. This is because ____

• At the shrub layer there is limited light for seeing

• At the shrub layer there are many animals that eat leaves

• At the shrub layer there is limited light for photosynthesis

• At the shrub layer there is a lot of rain so the leaves are big for animals to hide under

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