Organisms and Populations Question 3
3. Presence of plants arranged into well defined vertical layers depending on their height can be seen best in:
(a) Tropical Rain Forest
(b) Grassland
(c) Temperate Forest
(d) Tropical Savannah
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Answer : a
Hints & Solutions
(a) The tropical rain forest have five vertical strata on the basis of plants height i.e., ground vegetation, shrubs, short canopy trees, tall canopy trees and tall emergent trees. The tropical rainforest have hot and wet climate because it is on the equator the sun’s rays will always be directly shining on them. Rainforests are wet because the air pressure at the equator is low. Air is sucked in from the oceans which contains moisture.
