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WorksheetsRainforest Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How many layers are in a rainforest?
2
1
4
6
The lowest layer of the rainforest. It is hot, damp and gets very little light.
canopy layer
emergent layer
understory
forest floor
This layer of the rainforest gets very little sunlight but shrubs, herbaceous plants, ferns, climbing plants, and young trees still grow.
understory
canopy
forest floor
emergent layer
Which layer of the rainforest has towering trees that grow above all the other plants?
canopy
emergent layer
forest floor
understory
Which layer is known to contain the majority (about 60 to 90%) of living species in the whole rainforest.
forest floor
understory
canopy
emergent layer
What do we call plant life growing in a certain area?
plants
greenery
vegetation
biodiversity
True or False. The destruction of trees over a large area is called deforestation?
False
True
Rope like tropical plants that grow up trees.
hibiscus
orchid
liana
bromeliad
What is the word used to describe a plant or animal species that has died out completely?
extinct
endangered
rescued
threatened
The weather and temperature usually found in an area over a long period of time.
stormy
meteorologist
climate
warm
What we call the place where a living thing makes its home.
habitat
dwelling
house
living space
What do we call the imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
equidistant
center of the earth
equator
tropic line
A gas that is released when fuel burns and when animals breath. Plants absorb it.
CO2
H2O
Water
Carbon Dioxide
What do we call it when an animal hides itself by changing its body shape or color to blend in with its surroundings?
hiding
magic
camouflage
blending
Which word describes a living thing that belongs naturally to an area?
nature
Indigenous
real
rainforest
