Tropical Rainforest

What is a tropical rainforest?

• A rainforest with pineapples.

• a forest that stays warm,

  wet and green all of the time and has many different types of

  plants and animals.

• Rainforest that is hot.

• A rainforest with animals.

Why is it dark on the ground or floor of a tropical

rainforest?

• The tropical rainforest is a dark place.

• The animals like the dark.

• The canopy made by the leaves of the tall trees

  blocks most of the sunlight.

• Plants grow better without any sun.

What food

does a squirrel monkey eat in the tropical rainforest?

• It eats nuts and plants.

• It eats food.

• It eats other monkeys.

• It eats

  insects, fruits, and flowers.

Is the squirrel monkey a carnivore,

herbivore, or omnivore?

• Herbivore.

• Omnivore.

• Carnivore.

• All of them.

Where do you think the

squirrel monkey might fi nd shelter in the tropical rainforest?

What adaptions does the boa constrictor have in order to live in the tropical rainforest?

• A long body.

• It can eat everything.

• The boa constrictor

  has jaws that open wide so it can eat its prey whole and is

  camouflaged so it can sneak up on its prey.

• It can change colour.