Rainforest Vocabulary Words

___________ are vines, that are abundant in the canopy and make up a significant proportion of the vegetation in tropical rainforests.

• ropes

• thread

• shrubs

• creepers

__________ is a bird's horny projecting jaws; a bill.

• beak

• claw

• eyes

• feather

_____________ is a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claw.

• sloth

• turtle

• worm

• snail

_____________ is a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough.

• vine

• twig

• branch

• loop

____________ is a snake that swims and lives in trees. It is of the boa family that may grow to a great size, native to tropical South America.

• worm

• python

• rattlesnake

• anaconda

__________ is a a small area of still water, typically one formed naturally.

• puddle

• drop

• pool

• waterfall

_______________ is a tropical American fruit-eating bird with a massive bill and typically brightly coloured plumage (feathers).

• toucan

• humming bird

• anaconda

• butterfly

_______________ is a large heavily built cat that has a yellowish-brown coat with black spots, found mainly in the dense forests of Central and South America.

• house cat

• kitty

• jaguar

• anteater

_____________ is a mammal that feeds on ants and termites, with a long snout and sticky tongue.

• toucan

• sloth

• anteater

• jaguar