Life in the Rain forest

What is a rain forest?

• A forest in a tropical area that is very hot.

• An area covered mostly by trees that gets a lot of rain.

• A forest that has little plants and is very dry.

• A forest that is warm and wet with very few trees.

Which word best complete this sentence? A ____________is a community of plants and animals that share a certain environment.

• biome

• rain forest

• habitat

• community

Which of these are examples of precipitation?

• snow

• rain

• sleet

• all of the above

What is a rain forest canopy?

• A small area of trees.

• A very tall tree in the rain forest.

• The tops of the trees in a rain forest.

• The bottom layer near the forest floor.

Why can the forest floor be dark and wet?

• Because the rain forest gets a lot of rain.

• The top layer of trees blocks the light.

• The bottom layer is covered in leaves.

• The rain forest is a dark place.

What are adaptations?

• Special ways that animals and plants survive.

• The top layer of the rain forest.

• A special environment that animals share.

• A plant that grows very tall.

What are the two types of rain forests?

• equator and tropical

• tropical and temperate

• temperate and equator

• Rain and forests

What is humidity?

• The amount of moisture in the air.

• The amount of rain on the ground.

• How hot an area is.

• The temperature during the rain.

What is the area where most tropical rain forests are located?

• Near the rain.

• Near North America.

• Near Alaska.

• In Brazil near the equator.

Where are most temperate rain forests found?

• Near the equator and South America.

• Near the foggy areas.

• Near the ocean coasts from Alaska to Oregon.

• Near the tropical rain forests.