General
What are the 2 types of rainforest?
Temperate and Tropical
Approximately how many tribes are there in the Amazon rainforest?
400
What makes poison dart frogs poisonous?
Their diet - what they eat
What % of all plants and animals are found in the rainforests of the world?
50% (approximately)
Name the 4 layers of the rainforest?
Emergent layer, canopy, understory, forest floor.
What is the largest rainforest in the world?
The Amazon Rainforest
How many countries does the Amazon rainforest cover?
Nine
How high can an agouti jump?
2m
What type of animal is a caiman?
A reptile
Name the adaptation that is important so as animals can't be seen easily?
Camouflage
What is the only continent that does not have a rainforest
Antartica
If a tribe is nomadic what do they do?
Move around, Don't stay in one place.
Name the large orange primate found in Borneo and Sumatra? They live in the canopy layer.
Orangutan
This bright blue butterfly lives in the Amazon Rainforest?
Morpho butterfly
What type of plant is a pitcher plant?
Insectivorous plant
What % of light reaches the floor of a tropical rainforest?
2%
Name three tribes from the Amazon rainforest?
Matsigenka, Siriono, Awa, Kayapo, Kawahiva, Yanomami.
Hummingbirds are found in the rainforests of which continent?
South America
In what rainforest would you find chimpanzees?
The Congo rainforest
What type of roots support rainforest trees from falling over?
Buttress roots
What is the second largest rainforest in the world?
The Congo rainforest
What tribe uses poison darts in a blowpipe?
Kayapo.
Gibbons are native to the tropical rainforests of which continent?
Asia (South east Asia).
Tapirs are found in the rainforests of which 2 continents?
South America and Asia
Lowland, Mountain, Baird's - South America
Malay - South east Asia
What kind of tail does a spider monkey have?
A prehensile tail.