Yr7 Intro to rainforests

Which tropic is to the north of the equator?

• Cancer

• Capricorn

What is the name for these vines which grow up rapidly by using other trees for stability?

• lianas

• rianas

• tianas

• vianas

Which is the main type of rainfall experienced in the rainforests. usually in the late afternoons?

• Convectional

• Frontal

• Relief

What is the proper name for 'food'?

• nutrition

• numerate

• nuclease

• nucleoids

Which word means a layer of rotting leaf litter?

• Humus

• Humous

• Humerous

• Humoral

What is the correct spelling of trees which lose their leaves?

• Deciduous

• Dicidous

• Decidous

• Diciduous

What is the name for the highest layer of the rainforest?

• emergent

• canopy

• under-canopy

• shrub layer

What % of light reaches the forest floor?

• 5-10

• 20-25

• 30-35

• 45-50

What is the name for the leaves which have a pointed end to remove water?

• drip-tip

• slip-tip

• rip-tip

• zip-tip

The rainforest contains lots of species. The term for this is:

• biodiversity

• biome

• bionic

• biometrics