Geography : rainforest and natural hazards

What is a Landscape?

A landscape is a visible geographical area that includes both natural and human-made elements, shaping the space's aesthetic, ecological, and cultural significance.

What is a Landform?

A landform is a natural feature of the Earth's surface, such as mountains, valleys, plateaus, and plains, shaped by geological processes.

What is a natural hazard?

A natural hazard is a severe and extreme weather or geological event that poses a threat to human life and property, such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires.

Where do Natural Hazards normally occur?

They normally occur within the ring of fire.

During an Earthquake, what happens when your closer to the Epicenter?

The shaking is more intense and the potential for damage is greater, as seismic waves are strongest near the epicenter.

True or False, Tectonic plates slowly drift apart.

True, tectonic plates continuously move due to convection currents in the Earth's mantle, leading to geological activities such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

What is Weathering?

It is where the air breaks the earths surface (or from it) .

Erosion

is the process of the broken parts being taken away.

Deposition

What is a biome?

They are major ecological communities that includes ecosystems with similar climate.

What are the two forms of biomes

Aquatic and Terrotrial

How is a biome classified

A biome is classified by climate which is rainfall and tempreture.

what layer is at the top of a tropical rainforest?

Emergent Layer

What is climate like in a rainforest

Hot and humid

Which layer are animals most commonly found in?

Forest floor

What does the canopy do for the rainforest?

It provides shade and reduces the rainfall for the forest fall.

What layer of the rainforest is located between the canopy and the forest floor?

The understory layer