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Living World - Coggle Diagram
Living World
Adaptations
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Provide stability for trees, because soil is always wet and weak
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Key Terms
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The removal of trees for ranching, wood, etc
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Larger trees are selected and cut down, young ones allowed to grow to maintain carbon sink and soil quality
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People learn to look after rainforest and why it is important, companies and people are made more responsible
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Rainforests protected from illegal logging, e.g. Forest Stewardship council
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Trees take in CO2 from atmosphere and release oxygen, help to combat the greenhouse effect
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Nutrient Cycle
When living things in ecosystems die, decomposers break down the dead plant or animal into nutrients that get returned to the soil. They then help living organisms to grow. Weathered rocks add nutrients to the soil but rainwater also washes them out.