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Land covered by forest in Borneo in 1950
what does the itcz tell us
Borneo IGCSE CIE
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what does the itcz tell us
Total biomass of rainforest wildlife
Average light intensity per cellular zone
Max sun intensity range in equator vicinity
Min light intensity required for rainforest
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Land covered by forest in Borneo in 1950
94%
98 %
89%
76%
3
Land covered by forest in Borneo in 1985
59%
74%
62%
68%
4
The world bank is promoting more efficient farming methods?
true
False
5
how hany hep have been built
12
3
9
7
6
What’s an ecosystem
Where animals sleep
A hierarchy within a specie
A neighborhood of same species
A communtiny of organisms that interact
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Why is it difficult for park rangers to monitor illegal logging?
Park rangers involved in logging
Not enough park rangers
Such a large area to monitor
Government corruption
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Name of trf in indonesia
indoasian rainforest
Indonesian rainforest
Southeastern Asian rainforest
Australasian rainforest
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How many orangutans have died since 1999?
250000
150000
450000
350000
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Which spreadsheet tools can read this sheet and export to xlsx format?
Numbers
Excel
Google Docs
LibreOffice
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Rainforests are formed near
Warm yes currents
Warm not currents
Cold currents
Not warm currents
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what does hot air do
it flies up
it shrinks
it becomes light
it expands
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Why is it difficult to preserve the remaining forest?
Companies are already working in remaining forest
Growing population needs growing economy
The forest is to far gone
60% of income is related to the forest
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Where is the itcz found
A zone ranging north to south of equator
Above the tropics of cancer
Both in the north and south pole
Biomes in specific zoos which protect forests
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Does ecotourism improve standard of education?
No
Yes
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What can plants in rainforest be used for?
Food, biofuel and gardening supplies
Medicines, Foods, industrial raw materials and aesthetics
Medicines, Industrial raw materials and foods
Industrial raw materials, foods and aesthetics
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What length can lianas reach?
5000 feet approx
4250 feet approx
3000 feet approx
5300 feet approx
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What adaptation do orangutans have?
Very Long Arms/ Large Feet
3 kidneys to filter food properly
90cm ears to hear predators from far away
Night Vision
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Itcz stands for
international tree conservation zoo
inter trophic colonial zone
international tropical conservation zone
Inter tropical convergent zones
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How many deaths did the visible smoke from burning trees cause in the south east island region?
11 people
5 people
3 people
7 people
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What is an advantage of selective logging
Canopy is preserved
No roads left behind
Doesn’t damage other trees
Helps slower growing hardwoods
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what has happened to the land once the trees have been cleared?
It has become infertile
It has become waterlogged
It has more nutrients
It has been made into fertile land
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Which three countries make up Borneo?
Brunei, Malaysia and Asia
Indonesia, Mali and Brunei
Asia and Mali
Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
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Is selective logging bad?
It has disadvantages and advantages
No
Yes
25
Why do people burn forests?
Road sites, HEP sites and to allow more sunlight
Logging, HEP sites and to remove the hunter gatherer people
Logging, road sites and wind turbines
Road sites, HEP sites and logging areas
26
Land covered by forest in Borneo in 20o5
50%
40%
44%
56%
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What gases are emitted into the atmosphere when burning trees?
Nitrogen and carbon monoxide
sulphur dioxide and hydrogen
Silicon dioxide and carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
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Which of these is not a cause of Borneo’s defeorestation
forest fires
Palm oil plantations
climate change
illegal logging
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Where are most nutrients stored in rainforests
In the soil
In the oxygen
In the living organisms
Leaf litter
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where are rainforests located
rising arm of hadley cell
Rising arm of plant cells
Rising arm of ferrel cell
rising arm of hagley cell
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what is the main cause of borneo's deforestation
illegal logging
forest fires
pulp plantations
palm oil plantations
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what the atmospheric cell that circulates above the equator
hadley
habley
hagligma
haggynaggy
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Land covered by forest in Borneo in 2000
57%
65%
62%
51%
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What is an disadvantage of selective logging?
Only old trees are cut
Can damage up to 30 trees when removing the tree?
Helps trees grow
Roads are left behind
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Number of orangutans dying only because of palm oil production
Over 50000
Over 40000
Over 30000
Over 60000
36
Land covered by forest in Borneo in 2010
47%
44%
49%
51%
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What are the hunter gatherer people of Borneo called?
Sibu people
Penang people
Sarawak people
Bintulu people
38
The 1997-8 fires burnt how many hectares of land?
7 million
10 million
4 million
12 million
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What do epiphytes do?
They grow on tree branches themselves
They live on the rainforest litter zone
They live in rainforest ponds underwater
They swallow insects alive
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Does ecotourism help local economy?
Yes
No
