N5 Rainforest

Name the regions where rainforest is found.

a

b

c

Europe

Southeast Asia

Central Africa

South America

Arrange the layers of the rainforest in the correct order starting from the bottom and working your way up.

• Emergent Layer

• Canopy

• Shrub Layer

• Forest Floor

• Under Canopy

Which description best fits the average temperatures in the rainforest?

• Warm and humid, averaging 25°C to 30°C.

• Variable temperatures, ranging from 10°C to 40°C.
• Cool and breezy, averaging 15°C to 25°C.
• Cold and dry, averaging 0°C to 10°C.

Which description best fits the average precipitation of the rainforest?

• Rainforests experience a wet and dry season.

• Rainforests experience precipitation only during the summer months.
• Rainforests experience high levels of rain all year round.

• Rainforests experience precipitation only during the winter months.

Match the rainforest plant adaptation to the correct description.

• Wide leaves with splits to get more sun

• 
• Buttress roots to support the tall trees

• 
• Drip tip leaves to help the rain drain

• 
• Vines climb to reach sunlight

• 
• Thick waxy leaves to prevent rain damage

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Which of the following cannot be obtained from the rainforest.

• Cash crops

• Medicine

• Food

• Frost resistant crops

The rainforests help to provide water for people. Trees act as a water store by ​ (a)    rainfall. They release water into the atmosphere by ​ (b)    (evaporation and transpiration). This then falls again as ​ (c)    and so gives the people living in areas such as the Amazon a constant supply of water.

• evapotranspiration
• precipitation
• intercepting

What % of the world’s known plants and animals exist in tropical rainforests?

• Up to 30 %

• Over 50%

• Less than 75%

• Under 30%

Rainforests regulate the composition of the atmosphere and help to offset the effect of climate change by taking in (a)   and releasing (b)   .

• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon monoxide

Which two are groups of people indigenous to the rainforest?

• Kayapo

• Inuit

• Yanomami

• Bedouin