Transcript Jeopardy rainforest - 369-Sci-3

LAYERS
PLANTS
ANIMALS
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ANIMALS
FACTS &
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This is The top layer of the
Rainforest. The tallest
trees can be found here.
What is the Emergent
Layer
This layer is very dark.
Fungi and moss grow here
What is the Forest Floor
This layer of the Rainforest
is home to animals such as
Sloths and Howler
Monkeys. They can be
found “just hanging
around.”
What is the canopy
This layer of the Rainforest
sees the most sunlight of
all the layers.
What is the Emergent layer
This layer is just
underneath the Rainforest
“umbrella.” It extends
from the Forest Floor to
the base of the Canopy
What is the Understory
This plant is the biggest in
the whole world. It can
grow to be over 1 meter in
diameter
What is the Rafflesia
This is the World’s largest
grass. It is native to many
parts of the world.
What is Bamboo
This type of plant is
sometimes called an air
plant. It grown on leaves
and branches high in the
canopy.
What is an epiphyte
It was not until
Europeans added
sugar and milk to
cacao that the world
came to know this
sweet treat
What is chocolate
This is the original
base for chewing
gum. It comes from
the latex (sap) of a
tree native from
southern Mexico to
northern Brazil.
What is Chicle
This mammal is usually
dark brown in color. It can
usually be found near
water because of its great
ability to swim. It’s
scientific name is Tapirus
terrestris
What is a Tapir
This reptile glides from
tree to tree on winglike
skin flaps
What is the Flying Dragon
This is the loudest animal
in the Rainforest. You can
hear him from 3 miles
away.
What is the Howler
Monkey
This is the slowest animal
in the Rainforest
What is the Sloth
Monkeys have these, Apes
do not.
What are tails
This butterfly is a common
poisonous butterfly that eats
poisonous milkweed in its larval
stage and lays its eggs on the
milkweed plant.
What is the Monarch Butterfly
This snake is the biggest snake in
the world. Also known as the
Water Boa, this giant, meat-eater
lives in swampy areas of tropical
(warm) South America.
What is the Anaconda
This is a large, flightless bird
from Australia and New Guinea.
It is the biggest bird in Australia
and the second-biggest bird in the
world
What is the Cassowary
This mammal lives in Mexico,
Central America and South
America. They live in forests
and swamps and plains. It has a
long sticky tongue that catches
insects and very long, strong
claws.
What is the Anteater
This is the world's largest rodent.
It has no tail and partiallywebbed feet. It lives on river
banks
What is the Capybara
About 2,000 of these are cut
down per minute in the
rainforests
What are trees
____________________acres of
rainforest are lost every second
with tragic consequences for both
developing and industrial
countries.
Rainforests are home to this
fraction of the earth’s living
species
What is 2/3
There are______ billion acres of
tropical forest remaining
What is 3.5
Over 2,000 tropical plants have
been identified by scientists as
having anti__________properties
What is cancer