Animals of the rainforest
Rainforest Facts
Layers of the rainforest
Plants & Trees
Surprise
100

Name 2 animals that live in the rainforest.

Answers will vary.

100
How did the rainforest get its name?
Because it rains almost every day.
100
I am the bottom layer of the rainforest.
What is the forest floor?
100

What is it called when a plant or animals species no longer exists?

What is extinct?

100
Describe what the temperature is like in rainforests.
What is warm/hot, humid, rainy?
200

This small primate lives on the island of Madagascar and has a long tail, large eyes, and a pointed snout  

 

What is the lemur.

200
This is the invisible line on Earth that rainforests are close to.
What is the equator?
200
I am the layer above the forest floor.
What is the understory?
200

What is a green soft plant that grows on rocks and trees in moist areas?

What is moss?

200
The cutting down of large areas of trees is called ____.
What is deforestation?
300

This small amphibian has brightly colored skin that doesn't need to camouflage because its skin is poisonous.

What is a poison dart frog.

300
Why is the forest floor not very sunny?
The canopy shades the ground.
300
I am the layer above the understory.
What is the canopy layer?
300

Many animals swing on these plants to travel among the canopy layer.  

What are vines

300
What does nocturnal mean?
What is animals that sleep during the day and hunt at night?
400
This animal has a brightly colored beak that is 10 inches long.
What is a toucan.
400
Why is it important to take care of the rainforests?
They provide food, medicines, and products that we use.
400
I am the upper most layer in the rainforest. Only a few very tall trees reach this layer.
What is the emergent layer?
400

Why do people cut down trees in the rainforest?

What is because they want to farm, they are using the wood to make homes and paper, or other answers.  

400

True or False Rainforests produce almost half of the worlds oxygen.

What is true?

500
I howl so loudly that I can be heard 2 miles away.
What is a howler monkey?
500
What is the biggest rainforest in South America called?
What is the Amazon rainforest.
500
I am an anteater. What layer do I live in?
What is the forest floor?
500

What is the name of the type of largest tree found in the tropical rainforest?

What is the Great Kapok Tree

500
Rainforests are important to humans because__________.
They provide shelter, medicines, water, oxygen, and minerals