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About the Rain Forest
Animals of the Rain Forest
What the Rain Forest Gives Us
People of the Rainforst
General
100

How many layers are in the rain forest?

4

100

Poison arrow frogs come in ____________ colors.  This is to warn predators.

bright

100

The rain forest is the world's natural ______________. (where you get medicine).

pharmacy

100

Are people of the rain forest in danger of extinction?

Yes

100

The soil of the rainforest is full of nutrients.  True or False

False
200

What is the top layer of the rain forest?

Canopy

200

A beetle bug that grows to be five inches long is called the ______________.

Hercules beetle

200

How much of our medicine we use today comes from the rainforest?  less than half or more than half

More than half - 2/3rds

200

The Pygmies of Arica are very _________people.

short

200

Where are the nutrients found in the rain forest?

Trees

300

The tropical rain forest contains almost __________ of the plants and animals.

half

300
Tell me one kind of bat that lives in the rain forest.

fruit bats, silver haired bats, brown bats, free tailed bats and vampire bats

300

Chemicals found in the Madagascar periwinkle cure about 80 percent of the cases of _________________.

leukemia (cancer)

300

The people of the rainforest sell their surplus ______ and ____________________.

meat and honey

300
Plants in the rainforest are used to treat fever,........

headaches, wounds, infections and cranky babies

400

The rain forest gets at least how many inches of rainfall each year?

100 inches

400

The emerald tree _______, is a bright green and camouflages into the leaves and trees. It is a type of snake.

boa

400

The Hevea brasiliensis tree gives us a natural rubber that is used to make _____________.  (used to make something doctors and nurses use

Laytex

400

The people of the rainforest live by ___________ and  fishing. 

hunting

400

The __________ River is so big that 20 percent of the world's fresh water flows through it each day.

Amazon

500

The tallest trees in the rainforest, above the canopy are called the

emergents

500

Plants and animals live in the rainforest by maintaining a _________________ relationship.  This means they each provide things for the other to survive.

symbiotic

500
Other things that are made from the tress are _________________.

vanilla an ingredient in chewing gum, spices

500

Indigenous means ____________.  (hint- from that area)

Native

500

The average temperature in the rainforest is

75-95 degree F