Plant and animal adaptations in tropical rainforests

Geography

Characteristics of tropical rainforests

Nutrient cycling and biodiversity in tropical rainforests

Deforestation in the tropical rainforest

Deforestation in Indonesia’s tropical rainforest

Value of tropical rainforests to people and the environment

Sustainable rainforest management

Using GIS to visualise and analyse deforestation

This unit teaches pupils about the tropical rainforest biome. Pupils learn about  the biotic and abiotic characteristics of tropical rainforests and the adaptations of plants and animals. Pupils will also learn about the importance of tropical rainforests and how they are under threat.

Tropical rainforest

The number of different species living in the area

What does the term biodiversity refer to in a tropical rainforest?

Adaptations occur over a short period of time, lifetime changes take generations

Adaptations occur over generations, lifetime changes are individual responses

Both adaptations and lifetime changes happen within a single generation

Adaptations only happen in plants, not animals

What is the difference between adaptations and changes an organism makes during its lifetime?

result of evolution. Within a species, individuals are always a little different

to genetic mutations. Sometimes these differences give individuals a slightly

better chance of survival in their environment.

If so, those individuals are more likely to reproduce and pass

their advantage on to the next generation. Over generations, the advantages

spread through the whole species and continue to be refined into adaptations.

When animal species in different habitats have evolved similar adaptations

When plants and animals can survive independently without needing each other

When plants and animals rely on each other for survival

What does it mean if plants and animals are interdependent?

Which word is described in this definition "a feature or behaviour that helps an animal or plant survive in its environment"?

Which of the following is an adaptation of tropical rainforest plants to cope with heavy rainfall?

Match the adaptation with the correct plant or animal.

As a defence to warn predators they are toxic

Why do rainforest animals, like frogs and insects, have brightly coloured skin?

Tropical rainforest are located between the Tropics of {{}} and {{}}.

A large area with distinct climate, vegetation, and animal life

A specific habitat where an organism lives

Which of the following best defines a biome?

Plant and animal adaptations in tropical rainforests

Lesson outcome