Part 3: How are plants and animals adapted to the rainforest? Flashcards
1
Q
- What sort of structure does the rainforest have?
A
a. Stratified layers
2
Q
- What are the layers of the rainforest?
A
a. Buttress roots
b. Forest floor
c. Understorey layer
d. Canopy layer
e. Emergent layer
3
Q
- What are buttress roots?
A
a. Very big tree roots
4
Q
- What is the forest floor?
A
a. The soil where plants grow
5
Q
- What lives on the forest floor?
A
a. Ferns
b. Mammals e.g. jaguars
6
Q
- How are jaguars adapted to the rainforest?
A
a. Camouflaged fur to hide on forest floor
7
Q
- Why do these things live on the forest floor?
A
a. It is shaded
8
Q
- What is the understorey layer?
A
a. Where young trees grow
9
Q
- What lives in the understorey?
A
a. Insects
10
Q
- What is the canopy?
A
a. The tops of most of the trees
11
Q
- What lives in the canopy?
A
a. Birds, frogs, snakes
12
Q
- Why is there so much life in the canopy layer?
A
a. Because there is so much food
13
Q
- What is the emergent layer?
A
a. The tallest trees which stick out above the canopy
14
Q
- Why do the trees grow so high in the emergent layer?
A
a. To reach the sunlight
15
Q
- Which animals live in the emergent layer?
A
a. Monkeys and birds
