UNIT 3:TROPICAL RAINFOREST

• Did you know?

We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true

value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be

consumed in less than 40 years.

WHAT ARE WE INVESTIGATING?

• Tropical Rainforest

• What are________________?

• Where are they_________?

• Deforestation• ____________________ it?

• Which _________________

• __________ does it occur?

• Deforestation • _________________

to manage?

Deforestation

• ______________________

people

• environment?

YOU WILL LEARN TO

• use photographs and sketches to describe the characteristics of Tropical rainforest• describe how Tropical rainforest adapt to

the tropical climate• describe the uses and importance of

Tropical rainforest respect different people’s perspectives about rainforest

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

Characterises

Description -- ____________________

_________________evergreen forest

Suitable Climate-- ________________

_____________________temperature throughout the year

Evergreen trees –_________________________

all their leaves _________________________

CHARACTERISTICS OF TROPICAL RAINFOREST

The forest and its characteristics

__________ of plant species

__________ of the forest

__________ of plants

STRUCTURE OF RAINFOREST80

50

30

20

0

Formed by the crown of the trees

Lianas and epiphytes grow in this layer

Plants here are widely spaced

Sparse vegetation with leaf litter

Undergrowth Layer

Forest floor

Emergent

Canopy

________________________ are

the ____________________

* towering

_____________ the

canopy rising as much

as _______________

__________ the forest

floor. * Eg Tualang and

Kapok trees.

* Trees ________________

_________________metres

to reach sunlight.

*__________ ____________

cover locking 90% of

sunlight .* Eg includes ferns

* It's ________________ down here. Little sunshine reaches this area

*larger leaves to reach the sunlight. *plants _____________________________________ * hardly any sun reaches the __________________________________________ ____________________________

___________________________

Emergent layer

Canopy Layer

Undergrowth Layer

HOMEWORK

• Read Pages 75 to 76 from textbook •Do exercise 3.1 and 3.2 (pages 37-40) from your workbook.

• (you may refer to slide 6 of your notes and pg. 79 of your textbook to help you draw the sketch of the rainforest)

DISCOVER THE DIFFERENT SPECIES FOUND IN THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST

The giant of the Amaz

on Rainforest : _____________________

Read page 77 to complete this table.

The world's largest

honey bees home:

_________________

Makes good household

plants :

____________

_Grows well

with nutrients

from decomposed

: _____________

_______

The TR supports numerous species of plants and animals

Forms lush carpet of greenery:

__________________

Uses of Tropical

Rainforest

________________ catchm

ent

Source of

__________ ________

_____applicatio

n

____________ to flora and fauna

__________________ _____ of the earth

Habitat to indigenous

people

• An __________ drained by __________ _______________that flow into it.

• ________________ that drips from trees ____________________ __________ and

is __________ ____________to Tropical Rainforest are _____________

___________________areas.

• __________ ________________by the soil before it flows onto the reservoirs .

• The __________ __________________lies within the ____________________

___________________________ in Singapore.

CENTRAL CATCHMENT NATURE RESERVE

GREEN LUNG OF THE EARTH

• _________________________ from the atmosphere and __________ __________

through photosynthesis.

• Forest _________________________ ” so its called “_________________of the

earth.”

• _________________________ is generated by the _________________

rainforest.

• Forest acts as the _________________________ and the

_________________________

• Rainforest _________________________ of the world’s plants,

animals, insects and a variety of fungi.

• _________________________ ________________which in becomes

food to animals.

• The ____________________________ other plants and animals

to __________________.

• _________________________ __________________or as

_________________________ and _________________________

the rainforest for basic necessities too.

• Forest provide _________________________ for cooking.• Tropical rainforest _________________________

________________________Teak, _________________________ and meranti are valued

for their strength, durability, texture and beauty.• Products made i _________________________ doors, _________________________ and furniture

• Tropical Rainforest is the _________________________________________

• ___________________ have cancer-fighting prosperities

• Cinchona tree – treats _________________________.

Madagascar periwinkle plant– treats

_________________________ leukaemia

• _________________________ treats eczema & itchiness

WHICH PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS A TROPICAL RAINFOREST ?

Figure A

Figure B

What factors did you consider to make your decision?

GEOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION SKILLS

A SCHOOL-BASED ACTIVITY-

SKETCHING • Observe how the trees in the school field adapt to our climate.• Take a photo of the tree that shows a

characteristics of the adaptation.• Using the skills studied in Unit 2 and with

reference to Pg. 79 of the textbook, sketch the feature you see.• Paste your sketch and the photo on a A4

paper and submit to your teacher