Rainforest Vocabulary

How many layers are in a rainforest?

• 2

• 1

• 4

• 6

The lowest layer of the rainforest. It is hot, damp and gets very little light.

• canopy layer

• emergent layer

• understory

• forest floor

This layer of the rainforest gets very little sunlight but shrubs, herbaceous plants, ferns, climbing plants, and young trees still grow.

• understory

• canopy

• forest floor

• emergent layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which layer of the rainforest has towering trees that grow above all the other plants?

• canopy

• emergent layer

• forest floor

• understory

Which layer is known to contain the majority (about 60 to 90%) of living species in the whole rainforest.

• forest floor

• understory

• canopy

• emergent layer

What do we call plant life growing in a certain area?

• plants

• greenery

• vegetation

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

True or False. The destruction of trees over a large area is called deforestation?

• False

• True

Rope like tropical plants that grow up trees.

• hibiscus

• orchid

• liana

• bromeliad

What is the word used to describe a plant or animal species that has died out completely?

• extinct

• endangered

• rescued

• threatened

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The weather and temperature usually found in an area over a long period of time.

• stormy

• meteorologist

• climate

• warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6