Location/Climate
What type of regions are Rainforests usually found in.
In Tropical regions.
Name at least name one animal that is found in a rainforest.
Anacondas, blue morpho butterflies, mountain gorilla, Okapi, Brown throated three toed sloth, Jaguar a common animal in the rainforest and a cabybara.
Name a unique facts about rain forests. We'll accept any reasonable answers
Rainforests cover only about 6% of the Earth's land surface but are home to more than half of all plant and animal species
Trees,grasses,shrubs,algae,bamboo,avocado,orchids, and ferns.
Are Rainforests places really dry and never get any rain.
false
Does it snow in rainforest and if it does how much?
No it does not snow at all in a rainforest.
Name one Hervivore that is found in a rainforest.
One could be an Asian elephant, cabybara, gorilla, sloth, and an Okapi.
What is one weird adaptation.
One weird one is a sloth has camouflage and moves slowly which makes it harder for animals to spot. And lucky for you if you picked this one you get a free 200 points.
Some are sloth,hummingbirds,lemurs,monkeys,macaws,opossum,iguana, and leapards.
The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.
True
What is the temperature range in degrees fahrenheit.
The overall temperature range for rain forests ranges from 68 degrees fahrenheit- 77 degrees fahrenheit.
Name once carnivore that lives in the rainforest.
One could be is a green Anaconda, Jaguar, harpy Eagle, tiger, or leopard.
Name an extreme weather fact found in most forests.
Tropical rainforests often receive between 2,000 to 10,000 mm (79 to 394 inches) of rain per year. Another extreme weather fact is downpours can occur at a rate of two inches per hour in these rain forests. Finally my last fact is that Rainforests create their own rain through transpiration, where plants release enough moisture to generate constant, thick cloud cover.
Name one secondary consumer in the rainforest.
Some are spiders,scorpions,bats,toucan,ants, and lizards.
False.
About how many inches do you think it rains in a tropical rain forest?
Name one omnivore that lives in a rainforest.
Some could be a chimpanzees, howler monkeys, kinkajous, coatis, toucans, peccaries, and various species of marmosets
What percent of earth's land is covered by Rainforests.
About 6% of earth's land surface is covered by Rainforests.
Name one decomposer found in a rainforest.
Despite their lush appearance, the soil in most tropical rainforests is very poor in nutrients.
True
What are the season/weather patterns for a rainforest?
The weather can vary between hot,humid,wet, and can rain a lot.
What are some physical and behavioral adaptations that happen in a rain forest.
Well let's just use a poisonous dart frog. It adapted to the rain forest by it's skin. It is bright blue and would be targeted because of its color. But it gives poison through its skin which protects it from predators that are trying to eat it.
Name an unusual organism found in Rainforests.
Some cool and unusual organisms are a camouflaged Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko of Madagascar, the transparent-bellied Glass Frog, and the Okapi, a giraffe relative with zebra-striped legs
What is the most dominant animal in the rainforest.
The Jaguar.
Tropical rainforests cover approximately 15-20% of earths land surface.
False