WorksheetsTBSHS GCSE Geography - Tropical rainforests 2
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Tropical rainforest - goods or service?
Hardwood timber, such as ebony and rosewood, has valuable properties for furniture and manufacture.
Goods
Service
Tropical rainforest - goods or service?
The forest canopy protects the soil from being eroded by the heavy rainfall, and the vegetation reduces infiltration that could otherwise cause flash flooding downstream or landslides.
Goods
Service
Changes to TRF function due to climate change
The TRF ecosystem itself influences precipitation as vast amounts of water vapour are pumped out by the extensive vegetation through transpiration. Less dense forest means ___________ rainfall in surrounding areas.
higher
lower
Changes to TRF biodiversity due to climate change
TRF plant species cannot tolerate prolonged ________ or forest fires. Temperature and precipitation in TRF ecosystems are very similar all year round and species cannot cope with fluctuations.
tropical cyclones
drought
rainfall
earthquakes
Deforestation of TRFs
The main reasons for clearing rainforest are...
resource extraction (mining)
conversion to agriculture
population pressure
All of the options are correct
Deforestation of TRFs
_____________ needs vast areas of land. This is the biggest cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Housing
Roads
Cattle ranching
Mining
Deforestation of TRFs
As the global population increases there is a rising demand and rising prices for minerals such as iron ore. The world’s biggest mine iron ore is the Carajas mine in ____________
Bolivia
Argentina
Ecuador
Brazil
Deforestation of TRFs
Large-scale oil palm plantations have taken the place of TRF in Brazil. There is a high demand for palm oil as it is used in...
food products
cattle ranching
cosmetics
biofuel
TRF management
_____________ management is using resources in a way that will benefit current and future generations, without causing damage to the environment.
Commercial
Subsistence
Resource
Sustainable
TRF management
A feature of ______________ is that local people are often employed as guides, e.g. the Manu Cloud Forest Canopy Walkway, Peru.
mass tourism
ecotourism
reduced-impact logging
government policies
TRF management
Characteristics of reduced-impact logging:
It is cheaper than conventional logging
Selected mature trees are cut down
It leads to slow regeneration of the forest
It leads to species becoming endangered
Changes to TRF structure due to climate change
If the dry season extends to last for several months, the TRF is likely to change to...
desert
tropical grassland
seasonal tropical forest, similar to the more wooded areas of tropical grassland
temperate forest
TRF management
Characteristics of ecotourism:
It is a large-scale mass tourism
It creates alternative employment for local people that doesn't involve removing trees
Tourists are educated about the importance of conserving the local area
Transnational corporations run the operations
The tropical rainforest - goods or service?
The TRF vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide and releases oxygen, therefore regulating the atmosphere.
Goods
Service
