Tropical Rainforests GCSE AQA Geo CGP p23 Climate & Biodiversity

Match the following

• Tropical rainforests

• is intense as it is overhead all year round

• The Climate

• is very high as it rains every day

• The sun's energy

• is the same all year round

• The temperature

• only varies by a few degrees over a year

• The rainfall

• are hot and wet all year round

The suns energy is more intense near the ​ (a)   as it is overhead all year round.

• equator
• tropic of Cancer
• tropic of Capricorn

The temperature in the tropical rainforest is between ....................​ and only varies by a few degrees over the year.

• 10-15°C

• 20-28°C

• 35-40°C

• 40-45°C

Rainfall is very high, around ​ (a)   per ​ (b)   .

• 2000mms
• year
• 1500mms
• 1000mms
• week
• month

Most trees in the tropical rainforest are .................... to help them take advantage of the continual growing season

• 
• 
• 

Epiphytes are plants that grow on other living plants and take ​nutrients and ​ moisture from the ​ (a)   , they include orchids and ​ (b)  

• air
• ferns
• soil
• host plant
• fungi

Why does very little light reach the forest floor? (2 correct answers)

• The trees are very tall

• There is a lot of cloud cover

• Vegetation cover is very dense

Tropical rainforests have nutrient-rich soil. True or false?

• True

• False

There are surface nutrients due to ...................... but this surface layer is very thin and decays fast due to the warm moist conditions

• decayed leaf fall

• forest fires

• soil erosion

​ (a)   describes any group of people native to a specific region. It refers to people who lived there before colonists or settlers arrived.

• “Indigenous”
• "Indigent"
• "Indignant"