Ecosystems

An ecosystem is

• A community where all the different animals live

• A community where both plants and animals live

• A community where plants live

The tallest trees in the rainforest are known as

• the emergent layer

• the canopy

• the shrub layer

Buttress roots

• provide much needed water for the trees

• are shallow root system

• provide support to keep the trees upright

Tropical rainforests are found

• all over the world

• In a narrow belt around the equator - in the tropics

• only in the southern hemisphere

Permafrost is

• snow covered ground

• permanently frozen ground

• found in the rainforest

An example of abiotic would be

• monkey

• plant

• soil

• earthworm

An example of biotic would be

• soil

• water

• sun

• sloth

when plants and animals alter physical or by their behaviour it is known as

• adaptation

• altering

The lowest level in the rainforest is known as

• the shrub layer

• the forest floor

• the canopy

• emergents

Most animals will live

• in the emergents

• the canopy

• the sub canopy

• the forest floor