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Weather instruments/data, factors affecting climate and Tropical Rainforests

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Question 1
1.

Which of the instruments below are found in a Stevenson Screen?

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Question 3
3.

Which weather instrument measures air pressure?

Question 4
4.

Which of the options below are features of the Stephenson screen?

Question 5
5.

When the air has reached 100% the wet and dry bulbs have different readings.

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Question 7
7.

What type of isolines are shown on the map?

Question 8
8.

Use the key to place the hot spot on a location with heavy rain

Question 9
9.

Use the key to place the hot spot on a location with 15knotts wind.

Question 10
10.

Drag the key terms to the correct factor impacting temperature

  • A) With increasing height from the earth surface there are fewer air particles to trap outgoing longwave radiation
  • B) At the equator the suns rays are spead over a small area, due to hit the earth's surface at a perpedicular angle. This causes higher temperatures.
  • C) At the poles the suns rays are spread over a larger area due to the oblique angle that the suns rays hit the earth surface. This causes low temperatures.
  • D) Fewer air particles mean fewer collsions can occur to pass on heat via conduction.
  • E) Water is slow to heat up and cool down.
  • F) The water impacts the temperature of the air above it (cold water coosl the air, warm water warms the air). This air then blows onshore and moderates the land temperature.
  • G) Therefore coastal areas have a small range of temperatures whilst inland locations have a larger range of temperatures.
  • H) Water is slow to chage temperature due to being transparent, so a greater volume of material can be heated than with and which is opaque.
  • I) Water wastes energy by changing state and through its particles sliding past each other. This also causes it to be slow to change temperature.
  • Altitude
  • Latitude
  • Specific Heat Capacity
Question 11
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On the picture below place the hot spot where deserts are likely to be found

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Question 13
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Place the hotspot on the area of the diagram where Tropical Rainforests can be found.

Question 14
14.

Put these statements into the correct order to explain why large cumulonimbus clouds form at the rising limb of the Hadley cell

  1. When air is less dense than its surroundings it rises and cools. Because of the intense heating air can rise quickly to a great height.
  2. The sun's energy is concentrated in a small area at the equator
  3. Water droplets then join to form water drops which fall as rain
  4. When air particles have more energy they move around more causing the density of the air to be lower than its surroundings
  5. This causes surface water and some ocean water to evaporate and causes the air particles to have more energy
  6. When the air is cool enough water vapour condenses around dust to form collections of water droplets
  7. Collections of water droplets are clouds
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Question 17
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Which layer is most of the life found within the tropical rainforest?

Question 18
18.

What is the name of layer A?

Question 19
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Which of the following correctly describes the location of the tropical rainforests?

Question 20
20.

Which of the following best describes the climate of the tropical rainforest?

Question 21
21.

Click on the vegetation feature which gives tall trees support.

Question 22
22.

Click on the vegetation feature used to increase cross-pollination through insects.

Question 23
23.

Click on the two features which show epiphytes and drip-tips.

Question 24
24.

Match the cause and effect of deforestation

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
Reduced interception...
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increasing surface runoff.
Drier atmosphere
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reducing biodiversity.
Increased infiltration...
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enabling illegal loggers access ot the forest.
Reduced evapotranspiration...
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leaching of nutrients out of the soil.
Loss of habitats...
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drying climate.
Developing road infrastructure...
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increasing risk of drought and forest fires.
Question 25
25.
A community of plants and animals interacting with each other and their environment is known as an_______
Question 26
26.

Match the definitions with the key terms

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
Lianas
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large global ecosystem
weathering
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vines that hang from taller trees.
Humus
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semi-decomposed organic matter
Leaf litter
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debris that has fallen to shrub layer from the canopy above
Biome
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the breaking down of rocks beneath the soil.
Question 27
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Drop the statements about tropical rainforest soil and the nutrient cycle into true and false

  • The rainforest soil is deep
  • The soil is very fertile
  • The soil is red because of decaying fruit
  • Epiphytes can absorb nutrients and moisture from the air
  • Soil can quickly become infertile if the forest is cut down
  • Roots spread laterally in a dense thin mat in the top 15 cm of the soil
  • Decomposers and detritivores transfer nutrients from the soil into the leaf litter.
  • True
  • False
Question 28
28.

Which 4 of the following are considered major threats to the tropical rainforest?

Question 29
29.

What three letters are associated with this dam, reservoir and power station?

Question 30
30.

In what country is the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve?

Question 31
31.
Drag the text boxes to the correct places.
Other Answer Choices:
Top predator
Many bacteria and fungi live in the fur of this mammal
Bright colours to attract mate
Changes colour for camouflage
Constricts around its prey
Excellent climber and primary consumer
Question 32
32.

What is the word for groups of people whose ancestors have always lived in a place?

Question 33
33.
The traditional farming type where a small area of forest is cut down and farmed for a few years before being allowed to regenerate is called _______ cultivation.
Question 34
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The unsustainable type of farming where areas of forest are cut down and set on fire is called _______ and _______ agriculture.
Question 2
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Match the temperature to the correct reading (scroll right to see more options

Current temperature
Maximum temperaure
Minimum temperature
Range
Mean temperature
24oC
31oC
19oC
12oC
25oC
Question 6
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Which of the answers below can be applied to this picture

Question 12
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Which of these explains why deserts occur in part of the Hadley cell?

Question 15
15.

Which of the reasons below explain the location of the Atacama desert

Question 16
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Which of the statements below apply to the climate graph?