T3W4 HGS EHOMEWORK

The rainforest at point C is a _______?

• Savanna
• Tropical rainforest
• Boreal forest
• Temperate rainforest

Choose three factors that affect the climate of a particular region.

• human activities that are harm nature

• weather

• natural disaster

• nearness of the region to the equator

What layer is nicknamed “The umbrella layer”?

• emergent

• canopy

• Understory

• forest floor

When a tree falls in the rainforest what happens to the small trees and other plants in the shrub layer?

• The lack of convectional rainfall dries the soil and destroys the under canopy

• The light coming through the gap allows them to grow fast to become part of the canopy

• The change in conditions kills them

• The tree decays within hours to form nutrients

____________ is the specific condition on a given day (which may or may not be typical for a climate)

• Season
• Weather
• Atmosphere
• Climate