Rainforest Details
This layer is known as the "powerhouse" of the rainforest where most photosynthesis occurs
What is the canopy?
What country is Meg Lowman studying the rainforest?
Belize, Central America
These monkeys moved through the canopy using their hands, feet, and tails
What are spider monkeys
This word means a feeling or guess based on clues
What is a hunch?
Why are rainforests important for biodiversity?
Rainforests contain about half of the world's land-based plant and animal species
This rainforest scientist studies life in the rainforest canopy
Who is Meg Lowman
Name the rainforest that Meg Lowman is studying.
Blue Creek
These colorful birds flew through the canopy like "winged rainbows.
What are macaws?
Which text structure was presented in the text "Effects of Studying Rainforests?"
What is cause and effect
What are rainforests?
About 25% of modern medicines come from plants found in these ecosystems
Meg studies this process, which is leaf-eating by insects and other animals
What is herbivory?
Meg Lowman used this structure to safely study the rainforest canopy
What is a canopy walkway
This rare amphibian lived inside a bromeliad and had suction-cup feet
What is a lungless tree salamander?
To support an answer with information directly from the text is called citing this.
What is text evidence?
How do rainforests help the environment and climate?
Rainforests absorb about 20% of the world's human-produced carbon dioxide emissions
Meg Lowman climbed through this rainforest layer to study plants and animals.
What is the canopy?
Meg uses these bags to keep insects away from some branches during an experiment
What are mesh bags?
This slow-moving animal spends most of its life hanging upside down in rainforest trees.
What is a sloth?
This word means the variety of different living things found in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
Name 2 reasons scientists study the rainforest
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Meg marks and measures leaves to study how much of them is being eaten
Why does Meg study leaf-eating activity
What is data?
Scientists collect this type of information during observations and experiments
This spotted rainforest cat is a powerful predator that can climb trees, swim, and hunt a variety of animals
What is a jaguar?
Which statement is the best example of text evidence?
A. Rainforests are cool places to visit.
B. I think scientists have exciting jobs.
C. "Meg covered branches with mesh bags to keep insects away and compare the results."
D. The canopy is my favorite rainforest layer.
What is C?
Name two actions people can take to help protect rainforests from deforestation and habitat loss.
What are recycling paper products, planting trees, reducing waste, buying sustainably sourced products, supporting conservation organizations, or educating others about rainforest protection?