1. What is an ecosystem? What are examples of diverse ecosystem? 2. What is a rainforest? Why is rain forest known as the lungs of the earth? 3. What are the major parts of the rainforest? Describe each. 4. What are coral reefs? Where are they found? Why are they important to marine lives? 5.What are the different types of coral reefs. Describe each.
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1. What is an ecosystem? A geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
What are examples of Diverse ecosystem? Grasslands, tundras, deserts, rainforest, terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
2. What is a Rainforest? An area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall.
Why is Rain Forest known as the lungs of the earth? Because they generally draw in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen.
3. What are the Major parts of the RainForest? emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor.
Describe each.
emergent - the top layer of a rainforest.
canopy - made up of the overlapping branches and
leaves of Rainforest trees.
understory - the warm, damp, and Sheltered layer below
the leafy tree canopy.
forest floor - the lowest layer where it is dark, hot, and
damp.
4. What are coral reefs? large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of Colonial marine invertebrates called coral.
Where are they found? All over the world's oceans.
Why are they important to marine lives? An important source of food.
5. What are the different types of coral reefs? Fringing, Great Barrier Reef, Atoll.
Describe each.
Fringing - Hanging loosely from a raveled edge or
seperate strip.
Great Barrier Reef - is the world's largest coral reef
system composed of over 2,900
individual reef and 900 islands
stretching for over 2,300 kilometers
over an area of Approximately
344,400 square kilometers.
Atoll - is a ring-shaped coral reef, islands, or series of
islets. An atoll surrounds a body of water called
a lagoon.
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