GEO WORKSHEET 1_ Natural Vegetation

Finding the rainforests

Congo Indonesia
brazil

Using an atlas to help you, mark in the areas where tropical rainforests grow.

Colour these areas green.

Now draw in the equator on your map and label it clearly.

Name three countries where rainforests grow:

1. Brazil

2. Congo

3. Indonesia

Label these three countries on your map

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Rainforest layers
Complete the labels for each layer of the forest.

Choose from the following words: forest floor canopy understorey emergent

canopy

understorey

floor
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What's the weather like?
How does our climate compare with that of a typical rainforest? Using the information provided, answer the questions
to find out. Average monthly climate statistics for London and Manaus (in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest):

Using the figures in the table above, draw two climate graphs, one for London and one for Manaus. Remember to show
the rainfall as a bar chart and the temperature as a line graph. Colour the rainfall bars in blue and the temperature lines
red. Don't forget to label the graphs.

Complete the table below using the information from your graphs.

Would you prefer to live in London or Manaus? Explain your answer. Extra time? Write a short paragraph explaining the
differences between the climate in London and central Braz
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The table below shows temperature, precipitation and wind speed data for Australia and the UK, two of the
countries that featured in a previous homework. These two countries could be said to have contrasting weather
extremes. Complete the difference column to build yourself an evidence base from which to write an answer to
the following question. 'Outline the weather extremes in contrasting countries' [6]

Australia is 13 degrees higher

Australia is -4 degrees lower

Australia has way lower
average annual rainfall

Australia still has a lower

annual rainfall

Australia has lower

Austral has a stronger record

wind.

Are pretty close, not extreme. Only a -4 degree difference. UK has a great more rainfall in austallia in
every category. UK has a way greater annual average rainfall from the dries and wettest part of the
year. Although, Australia has a stronger record wind.
Tropical Storms .... what to do if you are caught up in one

UK based: Drought: Spring - Summer 2012