Question
Account for any four characteristics of tropical rainforests.
Answer
- The forest is evergreen due to high rainfall and abundant sunshine
- The trees grow tall to compete for sunlight
- Trees have broad leaves to encourage water loss through evapotranspiration / transpire excess water due to high rainfall
- These are mainly hardwoods due to abundant sunshine
- Trees have buttress roots to support their great heights and large trunks in the wet soils.
- Tree roots go deep into the ground for anchorage
- There are many tree species due to the tropical conditions.
- The forest has little underground because the canopies block sunlight from reaching the ground
- The forests have numerous lianas/climbers which twine around the tall trees to reach sunlight in the dense forest.
- Trees grow rapidly due to the high temperatures and high rainfall
- The trees grow tall to compete for sunlight
- Trees have broad leaves to encourage water loss through evapotranspiration / transpire excess water due to high rainfall
- These are mainly hardwoods due to abundant sunshine
- Trees have buttress roots to support their great heights and large trunks in the wet soils.
- Tree roots go deep into the ground for anchorage
- There are many tree species due to the tropical conditions.
- The forest has little underground because the canopies block sunlight from reaching the ground
- The forests have numerous lianas/climbers which twine around the tall trees to reach sunlight in the dense forest.
- Trees grow rapidly due to the high temperatures and high rainfall
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