Terrestrial Ecosystem

A terrestrial ecosystem that is hot, humid forests with much rainfall.

• taiga

• grassland

• tropical rainforest

• deciduous forest

The top layer of the tropical rainforest; keeps sunlight from reaching the ground.

• Forest floor

• Shrub

• Understory

• Canopy

Which of the following is not appropriate to use in describing a tropical rainforest?

• rapid decomposition

• rich soil

• stratified

• highly diverse

Terrestrial biomes are defined mainly by their

• climate & plants
• climate & animals
• animals & plants
• climate only

The emergent trees have __________ roots to help stop them _________________.

• buttress, falling down

• buttress, hurting other trees

• big, growing taller

• buttress, growing too close together

The shrub layer is between 10 metres and ______ metres in height.

The forest floor layer can be described as ____

• dark, humid, with little wind

• dark, soil lacks nutrients, full of fruit

• dark, dry, soil lacks nutrients

• Dark, cold, scary

here are plants that grow between trees using vines. These plants are called ______

Some plants on the Forest floor have adapted to eat insects and small animals. This is because ___

• The forest floor is full of insects

• The forest floor has tasty insects

• The forest floor has poor nutrients in the soil

• The forest floor has soil rich in nutrients

The leaves on the emergent trees are smaller than the leaves on the trees that grow in the shrub layer. This is because ____

• At the shrub layer there is limited light for seeing

• At the shrub layer there are many animals that eat leaves

• At the shrub layer there is limited light for photosynthesis

• At the shrub layer there is a lot of rain so the leaves are big for animals to hide under