TROPICAL RAINFOREST EXAM QUESTIONS

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TROPICAL RAINFOREST EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -17 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation

Question 1: Flora

Answer:

plants of a region or area

Question 2: Fauna

Answer:

animals

Question 3: Desertification

Answer:

Process by which fertile land or semi-desert land becomes desert.

Question 4: Canopy

Answer:

Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees

Question 5: Indigenous

Answer:

Native

Question 6: Logging

Answer:

the cutting down of trees for commercial purposes

Question 7: Emergent Layer

Answer:

the top layer of a rainforest, this layer consists of the tallest trees, 60-70m tall.

Question 8: biodiversity

Answer:

The amount of biological or living diversity per unit area.

Question 9: Leaf Litter

Answer:

Is dead and decaying plant and animal materials especially fallen leaves, that cover the soil.

Question 10: Understory

Answer:

A layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy.

Question 11: Drip Tips

Answer:

a point allowing rainwater to drip off, a pointed shape which helps drain excess water from the leaf and reduces vulnerability to mold and predation; reduces nutrient leaching throug the leaf.

Question 12: Nutrients

Answer:

Chemicals that plants and animals need to absorb to stay alive.

Question 13: photosynthesis

Answer:

Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy.

Question 14: Amazon

Answer:

the name of a river in South America, and the rainforest area around it

Question 15: Ranching

Answer:

A form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area

Question 16: deforestation

Answer:

Destruction of forests

Question 17: forest floor

Answer:

the bottom layer, or ground, of a forest