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Rainforest revision
The key characteristics of rainforest
High annual rainfall
The climate is very wet with over 2,000 mm of rainfall per year in Huawei they had 10 M of rain in a year once
High average temperatures
Very warm with a average daily temperature of 28c
Thin,poor soil quality
Most soil is fertile
The 4/5 layers
Sub canopy
Shrub layer
Canopy
Forest floor
Emergents
Not consider as a layer as not all trees grow that high
High level of biodiversity
Loads of species of plants and animals
Examples of rainforest
Amazon rainforest
Brazil
Congo
Kalimantan
Indonesia
Location of Rainforest
Where it is
Why it is located there
Air above the equator is very hot and rises
Due to the low pressure
5 degrees North and South of the equator
Near the equator
Climate of Rainforest
What it is like
Why it is like this
Because of the hot warm air making it evaporate making it rain
Hot
Wet/ rainy
No seasons
Deforestation
Causes of it deforestation
Impacts of deforestation
Solutions of deforestation
Tourism
Protecting them by law
People buying wood product that have the logo Fsc
This means that the company replants a tree for everyone thye chop down
Soil erosion
Loss of carbon sink
More leaching
Producing more carbon dioxide by burning it
Loss some species
Creates jobs
People can pay taxes
People being able to move out of poverty
Commercial farming
Logging
Mining
Building dams
Highway
Settlements
Subsistence farming
Adaptions of rainforest
Adaptions
Buttress roots
Supports the trees to be able to grow so high (40M+) and not fall over
Drip tip leaves /waxy coating
Makes it so that the rain drips off the leaf so it doesn't rot or go bad
Lianas
Used to grow around trees and get food and water
Thin,smooth branchless trees
To reach high canopy and to not waste energy
Ecosystems
What it is
Factors of what causes change in Ecosystem
Natural
Flood
Fire
Drought
Disease
Human
Tourism
Farming
Deforestation
Introducing more species
It is a geographical area of biotic of biotic as well as biotic factors
Examples
New forest
Pond
Lake
Factors that affect the location of biomes
Altitude
Sunlight intensity latitude
Distance from the equator
Amount of rainfall
Angle of slope
Nutrient and water run off
Strength of wind
Stops plants growing tall