Animals
What is the average height of a spider monkey?
2 feet tall
What is the main river that flows through the Amazon Rainforest?
The Amazon River
What is the most common flower in the rainforest?
The giant water lily
Where is the Madagascar Rainforest located?
Madagascar
What rainforest animal is King Julien? (be specific)
Ring-tailed lemur
What adaptations do monkeys have so they can live in the rainforests?
Their tails (so they can hang on trees)
What rainforest does the Rio Negro river flow through?
The Amazon
How much of Earth's plant species are found in the rainforest?
2/3
Where is most of the Amazon Rainforest located?
Brazil
How many species of plants and animals live in the rainforest?
around 30 million
What is the largest Amazon Rainforest spider?
The Goliath Birdeater
What is the native name for the Amazon River?
Rio Amazonas
How tall is the tallest tree in the Amazon?
Over 290 feet
In what part of the rainforest are most of the animals located?
The canopy (in the trees)
What percentage of Earth is covered by tropical rainforests?
Less than 3%
How many species of birds live in the rainforest?
about 3,800
What color is the water of most tropical rivers including the Amazon?
Muddy brown (It is not polluted it is form heavy sediment load)
How many species of medicinal plants can be found in the Amazon Rainforest?
40,00
Where is the Congo River Basin Rainforest located?
Central Africa
On average about how much rain do tropical rainforests receive per year?
400-450 inches
What rainforest animal's tongue can be twice as long as their body?
A chameleon
What type of river is the Rio Negro?
A blackwater river
Why is the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower also known as the "corpse flower?"
Because it smells like dead flesh
What is the tallest tree in the Amazon Rainforest located next to?
A river
What created the Amazon Rainforest?
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs