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Rainforest Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many layers are in a rainforest?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

4

d)

6

2.

The lowest layer of the rainforest. It is hot, damp and gets very little light.

a)

canopy layer

b)

emergent layer

c)

understory

d)

forest floor

3.

This layer of the rainforest gets very little sunlight but shrubs, herbaceous plants, ferns, climbing plants, and young trees still grow.

a)

understory

b)

canopy

c)

forest floor

d)

emergent layer

4.

Which layer of the rainforest has towering trees that grow above all the other plants?

a)

canopy

b)

emergent layer

c)

forest floor

d)

understory

5.

Which layer is known to contain the majority (about 60 to 90%) of living species in the whole rainforest.

a)

forest floor

b)

understory

c)

canopy

d)

emergent layer

6.

What do we call plant life growing in a certain area?

a)

plants

b)

greenery

c)

vegetation

d)

biodiversity

7.

True or False. The destruction of trees over a large area is called deforestation?

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Rope like tropical plants that grow up trees.

a)

hibiscus

b)

orchid

c)

liana

d)

bromeliad

9.

What is the word used to describe a plant or animal species that has died out completely?

a)

extinct

b)

endangered

c)

rescued

d)

threatened

10.

The weather and temperature usually found in an area over a long period of time.

a)

stormy

b)

meteorologist

c)

climate

d)

warm

11.

What we call the place where a living thing makes its home.

a)

habitat

b)

dwelling

c)

house

d)

living space

12.

What do we call the imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

a)

equidistant

b)

center of the earth

c)

equator

d)

tropic line

13.

A gas that is released when fuel burns and when animals breath. Plants absorb it.

a)

CO2

b)

H2O

c)

Water

d)

Carbon Dioxide

14.

What do we call it when an animal hides itself by changing its body shape or color to blend in with its surroundings?

a)

hiding

b)

magic

c)

camouflage

d)

blending

15.

Which word describes a living thing that belongs naturally to an area?

a)

nature

b)

Indigenous

c)

real

d)

rainforest