Tropical Rainforests (AQA GCSE Geography)

Study Figure 10, a newspaper article about wildfires in Brazil in August 2019.

Using Figure 10, give one feature of the pattern of wildfires in Brazil.

Outline one reason why wildfires are a threat to global climate.

Study Figure 6, a graph showing global forest loss from 2011 to 2017.

Using Figure 6, calculate the mean global forest loss from 2011 to 2017. Give your answer to one decimal place.

Calculate the percentage change in global forest loss between 2011 and 2017.

Study Figure 9, a photograph of part of an ecotourism scheme in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil.

Using Figure 9, suggest how ecotourism can help in managing tropical rainforests sustainably.

Explain how either international hardwood agreements or selective logging can encourage the sustainable management of tropical rainforests.

Give one effect of deforestation on the soils of the rainforest.

State one way that debt reduction can help to make tropical rainforests more sustainable.

Outline one reason for the distribution of tropical rainforest.

Study Figure 7, a graph showing tropical primary forest loss between 2002 and 2018.

Figure 7

Using Figure 7, describe changes in tropical primary forest loss between 2002 and 2018.

Give one reason why deforestation has decreased in some countries

Study Figure 8, a photograph showing an area of deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Figure 8

Using Figure 8, outline one environmental effect of deforestation.

Explain how ecotourism can be a sustainable management strategy in tropical rainforests. 

Study Figure 8, a world map showing the location of tropical rainforests.

Using Figure 8, describe the distribution of tropical rainforests.

Study Figure 9, a diagram showing flows and stores in the nutrient cycle of a tropical rainforest.

Using Figure 9, what percentage of the biomass is stored in the roots?

Suggest one example of a human activity that might interfere with the nutrient cycle shown in Figure 9

Outline one reason why nutrient cycling is very rapid in tropical rainforests.