Sustaining Ecosystems Key Terms

What is flora?

• Animals

• Plants

• Wildlife

• Butter

What is another term for 'animals'?

• Fauna

• Flora

• Biotic stuff

• Bob

Abiotic means...

• living

• non-living

• man-made

• natural

What is the term to describe the reliance of living things and their non-living environment on each other?

Which term means 'cutting down trees'?

What is the highest layer of the rainforest called?

• Canopy

• Tree tops

• Emergents

• Shrub layer

____________ roots ensure that tall trees don't fall over.

Another word for 'meat eater'

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Cannibal

What are the soils in a rainforest called?

Which layer of the rainforest is home to the most animals?

• Canopy

• Under-canopy

• Shrub layer

• Emergents