Forests Around the World
A wet and warm tropical forest
What is a Jungle/Tropical Rainforest?
A wriggly bug that digests dirt under the ground
What is a worm?
A thin flow of water running through the forest, home to amphibians, insects, moss, and more
What is a stream/brook?
A meat eater, either scavenger or hunter
What is a carnivore?
Vulpes vulpes
Hint: Red and fluffy, you've met one this week!
What is a fox?
A wet and mild forest, just like here
What is a temperate rainforest?
A common bug that forms colonies with tunnels underground
What is an ant?
A fallen, rotting tree home to germs, fungi, and many bugs
What is a log?
A plant eater of any kind?
What is an herbivore?
Bufo bufo
Hint: Not a frog, but a ____
What is a common toad?
A word meaning the destruction of forests
What is Deforestation?
A bug that lays eggs in shallow pools and survives on drinking blood
What is a mosquito?
The ground layer of a forest, covered with mosses, grasses, ferns, and all kinds of animals!
What is the forest floor?
An animal that mostly feeds on insects
Hint: think about the endings for the first two!
What is an insectivore?
Trees belonging to the category Pinus
Hint: they make cones!
What are pine trees?
A small forested area that forms around pools in the desert
What is an oasis?
A bug that crawls along the forest floor and latches on to animals to feed off of
What is a tick?
Surprise! It's riddle time!
The trees love me and take me, but the ground misses me. I can make you turn red, but I can make the plants turn green.
What am I?
I am sunlight!
An organism that breaks down or decomposes other life
What is a detritivore?
A type of animal belonging to the family Annelida
Hint: Many segments, many hearts!
What is an earthworm?
A type of forest in frosty, dry conditions
Hint: similar to arboreal, which means tree-like
What is a boreal forest?
An armored bug that eats debris on the forest floor, and is able to curl up in a ball
What is an isopod/roly poly?
High above the forest floor, in the branches of trees?
What is a canopy?
An animal that can sustain itself on meat, plants, and more
What is an omnivore?
Ursus americanus
Hint: Big, gruff, and scary!
What is a black bear?