Tropical Rainforest Vocab questions
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Canopy - correct answer ✔✔Primary layer of the rainforest and forms a roof over the two remaining
layers. Animals include snakes, toucans, and tree frogs
Understory - correct answer ✔✔A layer of shorter plants and vines that grow in the shade of the forest
canopy. Many animals live here including jaguars, red-eyed tree frogs, and leopards
Forest Floor - correct answer ✔✔The lowest layer of a rainforest. Decaying fallen trees and fruit put
nutrients back into the soil. Tapirs, termites, anteaters, and scorpions live there
Emergent - correct answer ✔✔The tallest layer of the rainforest. Animals found here are eagles,
monkeys, bats, and butterflies
Amazon Rainforest - correct answer ✔✔The largest rain forest in the world, located in South America
Amazon River - correct answer ✔✔The second longest river in the world and one of its three major river
systems, running about 4,000 miles from west to east and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean
Strangler Fig - correct answer ✔✔Grows from the top of another tree down and strangles the tree and
kills the tree it is growing on
Tropical Rainforest - correct answer ✔✔A hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a
wide variety of life
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