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What is the nutrient cycle? |
A tree grows from the fertilised soil and then animals eat the plants and then die giving nutrients back to the soil as do decomposing leaves. |
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What is the difference between a food web and food chain? |
Chain is simple Web is complex |
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Where are the three main ecosystems found? |
•tropical rainforests -found around the equator. •hot deserts -found near the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn •deciduous forests-found in mostly European places. |
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What are the names of the 4 layers of the rainforest? |
•emergent layer •canopy layer •under canopy layer •shrub layer |
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What are the adaptations of a tropical rainforest? |
•buttress roots •drop tip leaves •thick waxy leaves •climbing plants(lianas) |
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What are the adaptations of the deciduous forest? |
•bluebells •brown soil •broad leaves •lichens/moss |
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What are the three layers of the deciduous forest? |
Tree layer Shrub layer Undergrowth layer |
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What are the three layers of the deciduous forest? |
Tree layer Shrub layer Undergrowth layer |
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What are the 7 sustainable strategies of the rainforest? |
•selective logging •replanting •reducing debt •ecotourism •education •reducing demand •new laws |
