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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 Amani rainforest<br />

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

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i. buttress roots ___________________________________________________<br />

ii. bran<strong>ch</strong>less trunk _________________________________________________<br />

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

iv. epiphytes atta<strong>ch</strong> themselves to bran<strong>ch</strong>es _____________________________<br />

v. topmost storey, 45-60m ___________________________________________<br />

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

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

viii. emergents / emergent layer ________________________________________<br />

ix. little undergrowth ________________________________________________<br />

x. trees grow close together __________________________________________<br />

xi. under storey / first storey, 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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