Year 8 term 2 geography

What is an ecosystem made up of?

• Plants only.

• Animals only.

• Plants, animals and their surrounding physical environment.

• Soil, rain and sunlight.

What does abiotic mean?

• Living.

• Non-living.

What does biotic mean?

• Living.

• Non-living.

Decomposers...

• ...feed on herbivores.

• ...use photosynthesis and take nutrients from the soil.

• ...break down dead organic matter and return nutrients to the soil.

• ...eat carnivores.

Tropical Rainforests can be found in the _______________ biome.

• Temperate Maritime
• Tropical Grassland
• Tropical Equatorial
• Tundra

The main rainforests are found in the following areas:

• South America, Africa, South East Asia
• South America, North America, Africa
• South America, Africa, North East Asia
• Europe, North America, Australia

The tallest layer of the Rainforest is called ...

• Emergency
• Amergant
• Emergent
• Emargent

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• Buttress, Falling down
• Big, Growing taller
• Butted, Hurting other trees
• Buttress, Growing too close together

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The forest floor layer can be described as ...

• Dark, humid, with little wind
• Dark, dry, soil lacks nutrients
• Dark, soil lacks, nutrients, full of fruit
• Dark, dark, dark

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The canopy layer has the most ..

• Fruit and little animals
• Flowers and little animals
• Fruit, flowers and lots of animals
• Fruit, flowers and 7/11 shops