Rain Forest in Peril
One fifth of this forest has disappeared
The Amazon Rain Forest
Largest snake that lives in the Amazon
Anaconda
This convention was started in 1992. It is described in your "What is Biodiversity" Newsela article.
The Convention on Biological Diversity
Plants in the rain forest hold this. Scientists are concerned that if they are lost, the climate will become even warmer.
Carbon Dioxide
River that the Amazon Rain Forest surrounds. The answer is fairly obvious.
The Amazon River
If the temperature in wildlife habitats drastically changes then...
Species of wildlife may go extinct
Number one cause of Rain Forest deforestation
Habitat Destruction
More than half of the Amazon is protected by these.
National Parks
Flower that grows on the highest tree branches. It starts with an O and ends with a D.
Orchid
Large country that the Amazon resides in. This is a very large country that starts with a B and ends with an L. Rio De Janeiro is also located here.
Brazil
What it is called when you use a resource too much
Overexploitation
A species of animal that humans have introduced to an area where it is not originally from.
Invasive Species
People who study life on earth. Their goal is to protect living things.
Conservation Biologists, Biologists, Conservationists
In a Rain Forest these block the forest floor.
Trees
A country that the Amazon Rain Forest resides in that starts with an F and is two words.
French Guiana
Exhaust from these cause pollution that can damage rain forest and other biodiverse regions.
Animal pictured on the front of your "What is Biodiversity" Newsela article. It has many colors.
Toucan
Many plants and animals in the Rain Forest are .....
Dying out
These grow up along the trunks of trees in rain forests
Vines
The only country that did not sign the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The United States of America
Number of highways in the Amazon Rain Forest in 1960. This number has greatly increased as of today.
1
Snake that uses a poison that can make your heart stop. Scientists studied this snake to develop medicine for human hearts.
Bushmaster
when the number of species in an area decreases it is a sign that......
the area might be in danger
A type of tree that is common in the rain forest. Four types were listed on the "Tropical Rain Forests" science worksheet. (any one will be accepted)
Ebony, Teak, Rosewood, or Mahogany
Continent where the Amazon Rain Forest is found.
South America