Question

Which of the following are you more likely to have in temperate rainforests rather than tropical rainforests?

a. insects
b. high annual rainfall
c. pine cones
d. limited ground vegetation

Answer 1

Tropical rainforest is distinguished by limited ground vegetation and temperate rainforest - not as much.

High annual rainfall can be found in both.
The correct answer is that pine cones would rather only be found in the the temperate rainforest - the answer is c)

Answer 2

The correct answer is - c. pine cones.

The pine cones are a product of the pine trees, and these types of trees can only be found in more temperate and cold climates. The pine trees are highly evolved to long, snowy, harsh, cold winters, and that is because the places where they live (in the mid-latitudes) tend to have long and harsh winters.

On the other hand, a pine cone will not be found in the tropical rainforests simply because they are too hot and too humid for this type of highly specialized trees, so they would die out in that environment very quickly.