Guidebook to Amani - MWUCE
Guidebook to Amani - MWUCE
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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