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Guidebook to Amani - MWUCE

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FIELD TRIP TO AMANI IN TANGA<br />

A STUDY OF THE RAINFOREST<br />

Suitable for Paper 1/2 (0460/1/2)<br />

Characteristics of <strong>Amani</strong> rainforest<br />

1. Match the following statements with the letters on Fig. 7 above:<br />

i. buttress roots ___________________________________________________<br />

ii.<br />

iii.<br />

iv.<br />

branchless trunk _________________________________________________<br />

canopy layer, 30-40m _____________________________________________<br />

epiphytes attach themselves <strong>to</strong> branches _____________________________<br />

v. <strong>to</strong>pmost s<strong>to</strong>rey, 45-60m ___________________________________________<br />

vi.<br />

crowns interlock, shuts out most of sunlight ___________________________<br />

vii. lianas /vines / creepers ___________________________________________<br />

viii. emergents / emergent layer ________________________________________<br />

ix.<br />

little undergrowth ________________________________________________<br />

x. trees grow close <strong>to</strong>gether __________________________________________<br />

xi.<br />

under s<strong>to</strong>rey / first s<strong>to</strong>rey, 15-20m ___________________________________<br />

xii. straight trunks ___________________________________________________<br />

xiii. drip tips ________________________________________________________<br />

xiv. evergreen forest: trees continously shed and regenerate leaves ____________<br />

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