Geog le.20- Small scale ecosystems

Temperatures, rainfall and location of deserts.

Different sustainable uses of the rainforest: Selective logging, conservation, Education, Ecotourism, International Agreements, Debt Reduction

Goods and Services from the tropical Rainforests.

The amazon rainforest and the impacts of Deforestation, both positive and negative.

GCSE geography: Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest- what causes it, why it's done and the trends though out the years.

Adaptations and why they occur- GCSE geography.

Biodiversity, impact of change to an ecosystem and the nutrient cycle.

The climate of rainforests- amount of rain and temperature //Rainforest soils- leaching, and nutrients //Structure of a Rainforest- canopy, emergents and roots// why rainforests are so important

I talk about what a biome is and what sort of factors effect these biomes, including, temperature, marine influence, precipitation, continentality, altitude and latitude.

I talk about what an eco system is, different types ( abiotic and biotic) and different key definitions. Composers, decomposers, producers, food chain, food webs and nutrients.