THE EQUATORIAL REGION

The region that lies on both sides of the equator is called the ___________

• Equatorial region

• Polar region

DRC stands for

• Democratic Relation of the Country

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

"Canopy of Leaves" means

• Umbrella of stem

• Umbrella of roots

• Umbrella of leaves

• Umbrella of fruits

The largest rainforest in the world is...

• Borneo

• Amazon

• The Congo

• Daintree

The rainforest canopy is divided into how many layers...

• 3

• 4

• 0

• 5

This layer consists of the tallest trees!

• The forest floor

• The canopy

• The understorey

• The emergent layer

This lowest layer consists of only a few plants and only about 2% of sunlight reaches this level.

• The jungle

• Canopy

• Forest floor

• Understorey

Choose two(2) reasons why the rainforest is important.

• It absorbs carbon dioxide and releases oxygen to help stabilize the Earth’s climate.

• It is a habitat for a big part of the Earth’s wildlife and plants species.

• It gives travelers a lot of beautiful places to visit.

• It’s provides nice scenery for artists to use as inspiration

This type of process where minerals are extracted from the Earth is also responsible for deforestation.

• Mining

• Logging

• Agriculture

• Dams

Which layer is a python most likely to live on?

• emergent

• canopy

• understory

• forest floor