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Rainforest layers

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is on the shrub layer?

a)

Leaves, roots and soil

b)
Snow, ice, and penguins
c)
Sand, seashells, and fish
d)
Cars, buildings, and roads
2.

What living things are on the shrub layer?

a)
Trees
b)

Birds and monkeys

c)

Fungi, bacteria, insects, large cats and snakes

d)

Fish, sharks and dolphins

3.

What is the bottom layer of the forest called?

a)
Canopy
b)
Understory
c)

shrub layer

d)
Emergent layer
4.

Where is the under canopy layer?

a)
In the ocean
b)
In the desert
c)

Above the forest floor

d)
In the mountains
5.

What can you find in the under canopy?

a)
Sunlight
b)
Desert plants
c)

roots, leaves and soil

d)

Flowers, birds and insects 

6.

The canopy is the thickest part of the forest layer.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The canopy is the layer that gets the most….

a)
Sunlight
b)
Rain
c)
Wind
d)
Snow
8.

What grows well in the canopy layer?

a)
Cacti
b)
Desert plants
c)

Fruit

d)
Underground plants
9.

What animals live in the canopy layer?

a)
Lions, Tigers, and Bears
b)
Fish, Whales, and Dolphins
c)
Birds, Monkeys, and Sloths
d)
Elephants, Rhinos, and Hippos
10.

Where is the emergent layer?

a)

Middle of the rainforest

b)

Top of the rainforest

c)

Bottom of the rainforest

d)

Under the rainforest

11.

How many layers are there in the rainforest?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

12.

What is the highest layer?

a)

Undergrowth

b)

Canopy

c)

Emergent layer

13.

Check the animals that DO NOT live in the Rainforest.

a)

Monkey

b)

Lion

c)

Toucan

d)

Bear

14.

How often does it rain in a rainforest?

a)

Rarely

b)

Not often

c)

Sometimes

d)

Most days

15.
The name of the biggest rainforest is _________
a)
The Amazon
b)
The Congo
c)
The Daintree
d)
The Amazing
16.
The climate in a Tropical Rainforest can be described as ..
a)
Cold, Wet and Humid
b)
Humid, dry and Hot
c)
Humid, wet and Hot
d)
Cold, Wet and unstable
17.
The Shrub layer is between ______ and ______ metres in height.
a)
20, 40
b)
0, 5
c)
0, 10
d)
5, 20
18.
The forest floor layer can be described as ...
a)
Dark, humid, with little wind
b)
Dark, dry, soil lacks nutrients
c)
Dark, soil lacks, nutrients, full of fruit
d)
Dark, dark, dark
19.
The canopy layer has the most ..
a)
Fruit and little animals
b)
Flowers and little animals
c)
Fruit, flowers and lots of animals
d)
Fruit, flowers and 7/11 shops
20.
Flowers in the rainforest need to be pollinated by insects. Why?
a)
Because there is a lot of insects
b)
Because there is limited access to bees
c)
Because there is limited wind
d)
Because there is a lot of flowers to compete against
21.

Fungi and microorganisms breaking down dead plants and animals is called?

a)

Nutrient cycle

b)

Nutrient recycling

c)

Decomposition

d)

Decaying

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