Starter quiz
- Tropical rainforest are located between the Tropics of ______.
- 'Cancer and Capricorn' ✓
- Which of the following best defines a biome?
- A large area with distinct climate, vegetation, and animal life ✓
- A specific habitat where an organism lives
- A small ecosystem within a city
- A type of plant found in a forest
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- Rainforests are an important biome for people and the environment because...
- they lack biodiversity
- they prevent soil erosion ✓
- they do not provide food
- they are home for indigenous communities ✓
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- The soil in a tropical rainforest is __________ fertile.
- extremely
- very
- not very ✓
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- Species have ______ to the conditions of the rainforest, e.g. trees and plants have shallow-reaching roots to absorb nutrients from the thin fertile layer in the soil.
- 'adapted' ✓
- __________ reduces the biodiversity of the rainforest as plants and animals are closely connected through the food web.
- Biomes
- Deforestation ✓
- Sustainability
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords and their definitions.
- goods⇔physical resources or products directly harvested and used ✓
- services⇔natural processes or benefits that rainforests provide to support life ✓
- climate change⇔long-term changes in temperature and atmospheric conditions ✓
- Rainforests are valuable for more than just timber and crops, as they support __________, regulate the climate, maintain the water cycle, and provide medicinal resources.
- recycling
- biodiversity ✓
- deforestation
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- Match each benefit of tropical rainforests with the scale of the benefit.
- Locally, rainforests ...⇔support communities with resources and livelihoods. ✓
- Regionally, rainforests ...⇔help regulate weather patterns and water supplies. ✓
- Globally, rainforests ...⇔play a crucial role in combating climate change. ✓
- How do rainforests act as a carbon sink?
- 1⇔Ecosystems struggle to adapt to rapid climate change
- 2⇔caused by human activities. Rainforests absorb excess carbon emissions,
- 3⇔reducing the rate of climate change. Loss of rainforests would increase
- 4⇔carbon emissions, putting stress
- 5⇔on global ecosystems.
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Key learning points
- Tropical rainforests are special ecosystems.
- Tropical rainforests are of value to people at all scales.
- Tropical rainforests are of value to the environment at all scales.
Common misconception
Rainforests are only valuable for timber and agricultural products.
Tropical rainforests are crucial for regulating the global climate, absorbing CO2, producing oxygen, maintaining biodiversity, supporting the water cycle, and preventing soil erosion, all of which are vital for sustaining life on Earth.
Keywords
Goods - physical resources or products that can be directly harvested or used by people and animals
Service - natural processes or benefits that rainforests provide to support life on Earth, often indirectly
Climate change - long-term changes in temperature, weather patterns and atmospheric conditions resulting from human activities like burning fossil fuels
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