GCSE L1 Ecosystems

Question 1

A drip tip is a waxy leaf and shaped into a drip so the tree can easily get rid of the excess water via the leaves

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Epping forest is in the county of Essex

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

______ ranching is when you raise _____ for meat and milk

Accepted Answer

Cattle and cattle

Question 4

137 plant, animal and insect is lost every day due to deforestation in the rainforest

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

If you are part of the rainforest alliance you will be paid less for your sustainable products

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What is adaption?

Accepted Answer

An animal/plant becomes better suited to its environment so it survives

Question 7

What is a Rainforest Alliance?

Accepted Answer

It is an NGO that uses consumers to have an impact on TRF

Question 8

When the forest is cut down it is still valuable as ....

Accepted Answer

The Amazon is rich in Iron ore, tin and copper which is very valuable

Question 9

What is deforestation

Accepted Answer

The action of clearing a wide area of trees

Question 10

A producer feeds on dead or waste materials and make things rot- they recycle nutrients for the plants to re-use

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Hydroelectric dams.....

Accepted Answer

provide energy but result in deforestation

Question 12

4 causes of deforestation

Accepted Answer

cattle ranching, palm oil plantations, medicine, logging

Question 13

Subsistence farming is when crops are sold for profit

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The Amazon is located in Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Ecotourism makes:

Accepted Answer

$7 billion a year

Question 16

Sustainable development means...

Accepted Answer

development that meets the need of the present without affecting the future

Question 17

A rainforest has less than 50mm of rainfall a year and the soil is fertile

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Types of biomes: TRF, temperate forest, temperate _____, t____, boreal forests, ____ _____ _____

Accepted Answer

grasslands, tundras and hot desert biome

Question 19

Goods and services are the same

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

The rainforest is a natural flood management. This means...

Accepted Answer

water can flow through drip tips and into rivers without land slides

Question 21

Two examples of goods are..

Accepted Answer

crops like cocoa and palm oil can provide an income for indigenous people, attractive scenery for tourism

Question 22

Services are.....

Accepted Answer

functions of the forest that supply a particular need

Question 23

What is a food web?

Accepted Answer

It shows many links between producers and consumers in an ecosystem

Question 24

Non-timber forest products are anything that you get from the rainforest that isn't wood like fruit and perfume oils

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

A biome is a large ____ and ____ community covering a large area of the earth's surface

Accepted Answer

Animal and plant

Question 26

A Biosphere reserve

Accepted Answer

protect part of the forest by only using it for research and plant breeding

Question 27

An economic impact of deforestation is logging as it contributes a huge amount of money to Brazil's economy

Accepted Answer

YES

Question 28

A tropical rainforest has no rain and is very cold

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What is an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

The living and non-living parts of an environment that depend on eachother

Question 30

Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica is a famous ecotourism resort in Peru

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Layers of the TRF: Emergent, ______, under canopy, _____ layer

Accepted Answer

Canopy and Shrub/Forest floor

Question 32

Interdependence is how different organisms depend on each other for survival

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

The loss of indigenous culture and medicine is a social impact

Accepted Answer

True

GCSE L1 Ecosystems

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GCSE L1 Ecosystems

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