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Where are the most nutrients stored in a tropical rainforest before deforestation?
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What are ecological concerns in the tropical rainforest?
A large amount of undiscovered species in the tropical rainforest biome could become extinct before science has a chance to discover them. The tropical rainforest cuts down on the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, but does not increase the relative amount of oxygen because it is net oxygen neutral. Sediments in the soil could be washed into the water shelf due to deforestation. Large-scale flooding could result due to a massive amount of water not being absorbed by organisms in the environment.
How big is amazon rainforest before and after deforestation?
Well, there is no definite answer to your question because the rainforest is being destroyed everyday. but currently, around %18 of the Amazon had been destroyed.
How was a tropical rainforest made?
when was the rainforest made ?????? I think it was made by just having one little seed to make a tree. and before dinosaurs there was a tree that existed!!!
What type of food can be enjoyed at the tropical rainforest?
what type of food can be enjoyed at the tropical rainforest? yes that is my question why dont you answer it idiot why am i the one getting blamed for this well yo changeded it, idiot, so what was the correct answer before you deleted it...huh
Is the Sahara desert subtropical or tropical?
Before humans existed, the Sahara used to be a tropical rainforest. As human evolved, trees in Sahara were deforested, therefore it turned into a desert.
What is a rainforest is?
A forest has to have 150 cm of rainfall a year before it is officially a rainforest. There are 4 layers to a rainforest, the forest floor, the understory, the canopy and the emergent. Nearly half of the worlds plant and animal speicies live in the rainforest.
What problems do rainforests have?
A large amount of undiscovered species in the tropical rainforest biome could become extinct before science has a chance to discover them. The tropical rainforest cuts down on the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, but does not increase the relative amount of oxygen because it is net oxygen neutral. Sediments in the soil could be washed into the water shelf due to deforestation. Large-scale flooding could result due to a massive amount of water not being absorbed by organisms in the environment.
Before becoming a hurricane what is it called?
A tropical storm. Before that it is usually a tropical depression.
What is the soil in the Amazon rainforest like?
Soil in the tropical rainforest's is very nutrient poor. The topsoil is only one to two inches (2.5 to 5 centimeters) deep. The only reason plant life is so lush is because the plants store the nutrients in themselves rather than getting them from the soil. When plants decay, other growing plants tap the nutrients from the dead matter and reuse nutrients left over from that plant. This is why farmers can only use the rainforest's soil for one or two years after they clear cut it, before all nutrients are stripped from the soil.The reason the soil so infertile is because it is more than 100 million years old, and has taken a beating from the elements. After time, rain washes minerals out of the soil, leaving it more acidic and nutrient poor. Soil exposed to the heat and condensed sunlight turns it into red clay. Other soils just cannot deal with minerals, and turn it into compounds useless to plants. There are some fertile patches of soil in the rainforest's, but they are scattered throughout the thick vegetation.
Is the population of plants larger or smaller than animals in the Tropical Rainforest?
Yes because before humans came the world used to have plants all over we cut most but there is still more plants than animals.
What happens to the nutrients before they leave the small intestine?
The nutrients absorb
What was the dominant tree species in the Basque Pyrenees before the deforestation and reafforestation of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
The dominant tree species in the Basque Pyrenees before the deforestation and reafforestation of the 19th and 20th centuries was the beech tree (Fagus sylvatica).
