Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 8 Forests under threat overview quiz quiz

Thin, waxy needles that lose very little water

A cone shape

Thick bark

Drip-tip leaves

Warm, wet conditions speed up decomposition

The soil is frozen for most of the year, so nothing can break down at all

There are no decomposers

Nutrients are locked in rock

Broadleaved deciduous trees that drop all of their leaves each autumn

Coniferous (evergreen) trees

Palm trees

Cacti

It is far too hot and humid all year round for most plant and animal species to cope with

It has too much rainfall

Its cold, seasonal climate and short growing season support only a few hardy species

It has very fertile soil

Small-scale ecotourism lodges built quietly along the edges of the forest

Birdwatching

National parks

Commercial agriculture such as cattle ranching and soy

It causes drought and ecosystem stress, making the forest vulnerable

It directly cuts down and clears large areas of trees using heavy machinery

It freezes the rainforest

It has no effect

Acid precipitation drifting in from distant power stations and factories

Logging for softwood, pulp and paper

Pests and diseases

Forest fires

Pays developing countries directly to keep their existing forests standing and uncut

Plants new forests

Bans or controls trade in endangered species and some hardwoods

Builds dams

Bans all international trade in endangered animals and tropical hardwood timber

Builds roads into the forest

Encourages logging

Pays developing countries to keep forests standing by valuing stored carbon

Felling only some mature trees so the forest regenerates

Cutting down every single tree in an area in one go to clear the land completely

Burning the forest

Banning all use of the forest

Clearing land for cattle

Ecotourism

Open-cast mining

Building a dam

It regrows fully within a few weeks because of the long, warm summer growing season

It has no carbon

It regrows very slowly and stores vast amounts of carbon

It is not really threatened