Rainforest layers

What is the bottom layer of the forest called?

• Canopy
• Understory
• Forest floor
• Emergent layer

What things are on the forest floor?

• Leaves, roots and soil

• Snow, ice, and penguins
• Sand, seashells, and fish
• Cars, buildings, and roads

What living things are on the forest floor?

• Trees
• Birds and monkeys

• Fungi, bacteria, insects, large cats and snakes

• Fish, sharks and dolphins

Where is the understory layer?

• In the ocean
• In the desert
• Above the forest floor

• In the mountains

What can you find in the understory?

• Sunlight
• Desert plants
• roots, leaves and soil

• Flowers, birds and insects 

Where is the canopy layer?

• Above the understory

• Next to the desert

• Above the ocean

• Under the mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The canopy is the thickest part of the forest layer.

• True

• False

The canopy is the layer that gets the most….

• Sunlight
• Rain
• Wind
• Snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What grows well in the canopy layer?

• Cacti
• Desert plants
• Fruit

• Underground plants

What animals live in the canopy layer?

• Lions, Tigers, and Bears
• Fish, Whales, and Dolphins
• Birds, Monkeys, and Sloths
• Elephants, Rhinos, and Hippos