Tropical Rainforests key words

What is an ecosystem?

• An ecosystem is a term used to describe the weather patterns in a region.
• An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living components in one area.

• An ecosystem is a single organism in an environment.
• An ecosystem is a group of inanimate objects in a specific location.

What does distribution mean?

• Gathering in one place
• Even distribution of resources
• Concentration in a single area
• How something is spread out

Match the ecosystems below.

• Tropical rainforest

• A large scale ecosystem on the Equator

• Polar region or tundra

• A large ecosystem on the Tropics

• Desert

• A small scale ecosystem in the UK

• pond or hedge

• A large scale ecosystem at the Poles

​ (a)   means a living component/thing in an ecosystem. ​ (b)   means a non-living component/thing in an ecosystem.

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Producer
• Consumer

Label the producer, consumer and decomposer on the food chain.

a

b

c

consumers

decomposer

producer

Label the layers of the tropical rainforest

a

b

c

d

forest floor

main canopy

emergent

under canopy

What does adapt mean?

• Stay the same
• Adjust or change in response to new conditions or circumstances
• Ignore all changes
• Refuse to adjust

Animals have adapted to life in a tropical rainforest because the ​ (a)   lives in the main canopy layer where the most fruit, nuts and ​ (b)   are. It has a ​ (c)   voice to travel through the vegetation and it uses its strong​ ​ (d)   as an extra ​ (e)   to swing from tree to tree.

• howler monkey
• berries
• loud
• tail
• arm
• forest floor
• quiet

Plants have adapted to life in a tropical rainforest, for example in the forest floor the leaves are really ​ (a)   so they can absorb as much light as possible for ​ (b)   . They also have ​ (c)   leaves to allow the heavy rainfall to drop off the leaf and prevent it from ​ (d)   . Emergent trees have buttress roots, these are really tall and wide to provide ​ (e)   to these tall trees.

• large
• small
• photosynthesis
• drip tip
• snapping
• support
• growing

What does biodiversity mean?

• Types of clouds in the sky
• Different plants and animals

• Variety of colors in a painting
• Number of planets in the solar system