Tropical Rainforest Flocab

Tropical rainforests are found close to the equator where the climate is:

• dry and cool

• wet and cool

• dry and warm

• wet and watm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rainforests receive 70 inches to 30 feet of rainfall each

• day

• month

• year

• decade

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following lists the layers of a tropical rainforest from bottom to top?

• emergent layer, canopy, understory, forest floor

• understory, forest floor, emergent layer, canopy

• forest floor, emergent layer, understory, canopy

• forest floor, understory, canopy, emergent layer

Which of the following is like the canopy layer?

• wall

• roof

• house

• basement

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

True or False: Although tropical rainforests cover only six percent of the planet, about half of all species of plants and animals can be found there.

• TRUE

• TRUE

• FALSE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Trees in the tropical rainforest release oxygen and store

• carbon dioxide

• coffee beans

• nitrogen

• soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following does not come from plants found in a tropical rainforest?

• grain

• coffee

• medicine

• chocolate

Which of the following is an effect of deforestation on tropical rainforests?

• Deforestation helps us discover medicine in tropical rainforests.

• Deforestation increases biodiversity in tropical rainforests.

• Deforestation decreases the size of tropical rainforests.

• Deforestation adds more oxygen to tropical rainforests.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

As more trees are cut down in the tropical rainforest,

• there is less farmland to plant crops on.

• there is more space for plants to grow and absorb carbon dioxide

• more oxygen enters the atmosphere and slows the effects of climate change.

• more carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere and contributes to climate change.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

True or False: No laws exist to protect tropical rainforests.

• TRUE

• FALSE