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WorksheetsRainforest Habitat
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 48mins
Where are most rainforests located?
Around the poles
Around the coasts
Around the Equator
What do all rainforests have in common?
They have many trees and animals. They are humid and cold.
They have many trees and animals. They are humid and warm.
They have many trees and animals. They are dry and warm.
Why do trees grow very tall?
Because they have to compete with other plants for sunlight.
Because they have to compete with other plants for water.
Because they have to compete with other plants for good soil.
Why do you think rainforests are so important?
Because of the tall trees
Because they are the “lungs” of the world
Because they are beautiful and a good place to visit
In which order do the four layers in a rainforest are distributed?
Forest Floor, Canopy, Understory, Emergent
Forest Floor, Understory, Emergent, Canopy
Forest Floor, Understory, Canopy, Emergent
Which animal camouflages to blend in its environment?
Basilisk lizard
Jaguar
Spider Monkey
Which animal runs so fast they can even run on water in order to escape
from predators?
Praying mantis
Poisonous dart frog
Basilisk lizard
Why do flying frogs have webbed hands and feet and a loose skin that stretches between its limbs?
To allow them to hold on to surfaces firmly and be able to glide from plant to plant.
To allow them to eat properly and be able to glide from plant to plant.
To allow them to hold on to surfaces firmly and be able to hang from trees.
What is an adaptation where animals and plants tend to look like something that is intended to be seen?
hibernation
mimicry
camouflage
Why do some tropical rainforest animals tend to have bright colors and different patterns?
To scare their predators.
To attract different animals.
To invite animals to play with them.
How do giant water lilies protect themselves from predators?
By having really hard leaves so predators can’t eat them.
By hiding a little bit in the water.
By growing thorns in its leaves.
Why do climbing vines grow on trees?
To get nutrients from the trees and so their leaves get more sunlight.
To get nutrients from the forest floor and so their leaves get more sunlight
To get nutrients from the forest floor and so their leaves get more water.
Why do trees have a thin and smooth bark?
To allow insects to climb easily to the branches.
To allow water to flow down the roots easily.
To allow vines to hang from trees easily.
Why are the rainforest leaves big, thick and waxy?
To let the rain stay on the plant for a long time.
To let insects rest on them.Because they have fur.
To let the rain drain off quickly.
What do we call the huge ridges that many rainforest trees have near the base?
Buttresses
Trunk
Bark
Why do carnivorous plants have to eat insects and sometimes small animals?
To get more sunlight
To get all the nutrients in order to survive.
To cope with the amount of water it falls.
