The cards Question The distinctive abiotic characteristics of tropical rainforests result from which climate? Tap to flip Answer The equatorial climate. Question How is the vegetation of a tropical rainforest structured? Tap to flip Answer Into layers. Question What is an adaptation? Tap to flip Answer A feature or behaviour that helps an animal or plant survive in its environment. Question Give one example of a plant adaptation to the physical conditions in tropical rainforests. Tap to flip Answer For example, drip tips or buttress roots. Question Plants on the tropical rainforest floor need adaptations for which condition? Tap to flip Answer Low light levels. Question Are tropical rainforest soils nutrient-rich or nutrient-poor? Tap to flip Answer Nutrient-poor. Question Why are tropical rainforest soils nutrient-poor? Tap to flip Answer Nutrients are taken up rapidly by the biomass, and heavy rainfall washes them out of the soil through leaching and runoff. Question Do tropical rainforests have high or low rates of nutrient cycling? Tap to flip Answer High rates. Question What is deforestation? Tap to flip Answer The large-scale removal or clearing of forests. Question What are subsistence farmers? Tap to flip Answer Farmers who grow only enough food for themselves. Question Give one cause of tropical rainforest deforestation. Tap to flip Answer For example, commercial logging, agriculture or mineral resources. Question Is deforestation mainly caused by small-scale subsistence farmers? Tap to flip Answer No. It is driven by large-scale commercial activities, such as industrial agriculture (e.g. palm oil and soy), logging and cattle ranching. Question Most of Indonesia's rainforests are in three places. Give one. Tap to flip Answer Any one of: Borneo, Papua or Sumatra. Question Is Indonesia a single large island? Tap to flip Answer No. It is an archipelago, a group of many islands. Question Give one cause of deforestation in Indonesia. Tap to flip Answer For example, subsistence or commercial farming, logging, energy or population growth. Question Give one impact of deforestation in Indonesia. Tap to flip Answer For example, erosion, pollution, habitat loss, carbon emissions or economic development. Question In the value of rainforests, what are goods? Tap to flip Answer Physical resources or products that people and animals can harvest or use directly. Question In the value of rainforests, what is a service? Tap to flip Answer A natural process or benefit that rainforests provide to support life on Earth, often indirectly. Question Apart from timber and farm products, give one way tropical rainforests are valuable. Tap to flip Answer For example, regulating the global climate, absorbing CO2, producing oxygen, maintaining biodiversity, supporting the water cycle or preventing soil erosion. Question What does sustainable mean when using resources? Tap to flip Answer Using them in a way that means future generations will still be able to use them in the same way. Question What is conservation? Tap to flip Answer The protection and management of natural resources to prevent damage and maintain biodiversity. Question Give one way local communities help to protect tropical rainforests. Tap to flip Answer For example, reforestation, sustainable farming or ecotourism. Question Is climate change a direct or an indirect threat to tropical rainforests? Tap to flip Answer An indirect threat, for example through ecosystem stress and drought. Question Give one way climate change has affected tropical rainforests. Tap to flip Answer For example, increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns or more frequent droughts. Question Do the biotic and abiotic factors of the taiga operate independently? Tap to flip Answer No. They are interdependent: for example, the taiga's cold climate affects its plants and animals. Question Give an example of how taiga plants are adapted to the physical conditions. Tap to flip Answer For example, having needles instead of leaves. Question Do all taiga animals migrate to warmer regions in winter? Tap to flip Answer No. Some migrate, but others are adapted to survive the cold, dark winter, for example by having thick fur or by hibernating. Question How does the taiga's productivity compare with that of tropical rainforests? Tap to flip Answer It is lower, and its nutrient cycling is less active. Question How does biodiversity in the taiga compare with tropical rainforests? Tap to flip Answer The taiga supports much lower levels of biodiversity. Question Why is taiga soil nutrient-poor despite all the leaf litter? Tap to flip Answer Decomposition is slow in the cold, so nutrients stay locked in the trees and litter instead of entering the soil. Question What is taiga soil often like? Tap to flip Answer Thin, acidic and nutrient-poor. Question Give one threat to the taiga from commercial development. Tap to flip Answer For example, logging, pulp and paper production, fossil fuel extraction, mining or HEP development. Question Where is the commercial exploitation of tar sands an example of a threat to the taiga? Tap to flip Answer Alberta, Canada. Question Is direct damage from logging the only major threat to the taiga? Tap to flip Answer No. Indirect threats from warming taiga climates are also a major threat to the taiga and its biodiversity. Question Give one factor contributing to biodiversity loss in the taiga. Tap to flip Answer For example, acid precipitation or forest fires. Question Are all wildfires in the taiga harmful? Tap to flip Answer No. Some are natural and necessary for ecosystem renewal, clearing old vegetation and helping new trees grow. Question How has climate change affected fires in the taiga? Tap to flip Answer It has made them more intense and more frequent. Question What are wilderness areas? Tap to flip Answer Large, undisturbed natural areas protected to preserve biodiversity and natural processes. Question Give one reason managing wilderness areas in the taiga is challenging. Tap to flip Answer For example, its extreme climate, vast size, remote location or limited infrastructure. Question What is a stakeholder? Tap to flip Answer Anyone who has an interest in, or is affected by, a decision or issue. Question Give one form of sustainable use that stakeholders argue for in the taiga. Tap to flip Answer For example, selective logging, ecotourism or selective hunting. Question What is remote sensing? Tap to flip Answer Collecting data at a distance, by satellite or aircraft, on different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. Question Give one type of remote sensing. Tap to flip Answer Satellite imagery or aerial imagery. Question Does an area that looks green on a satellite image always show natural rainforest? Tap to flip Answer No. It could be, for example, a palm oil plantation or green fields. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Geography Unit Tropical rainforest and taiga biomes Exam boards Edexcel B England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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Show the other sources (14) Primary source Nutrient cycling and biodiversity in the taiga biome (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Threats to the taiga from commercial development (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Causes of biodiversity loss in the taiga biome (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Creating and protecting wilderness areas in the taiga biome (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Conflicting views on protecting/exploiting resources in the taiga biome (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Using GIS to visualise and analyse deforestation (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Plant and animal adaptations in tropical rainforests (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Nutrient cycling and biodiversity in tropical rainforests (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Deforestation in the tropical rainforest (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Deforestation in Indonesia’s tropical rainforest (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Value of tropical rainforests to people and the environment (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Sustainable rainforest management (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Threats associated with climate change in the rainforest (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Biotic and abiotic characteristics of the taiga biome (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Found a mistake? Write to support@flashfeed.app .
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