Geography and Vocabulary Quiz

What is the imaginary line around the earth's middle, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

What is a brightly colored bird with a very large bill that lives in the tropical rain forests of the Americas?

• Parrot

• Toucan

• Eagle

• Sparrow

What does the word "emergent" describe?

• Something that is hidden

• Something that emerges or comes out of something else

• Something that is underground

• Something that is disappearing

What is the topmost layer of trees in a tropical rain forest called?

• Canopy

• Understory

• Emergent layer

• Forest floor

What is a covering, usually over or above something, called?

• Canopy

• Understory

• Emergent layer

• Forest floor

What term is used to indicate the smaller trees that grow beneath the two upper layers of a tropical rain forest?

• Canopy

• Understory

• Emergent layer

• Forest floor

What does "maturity" mean?

• Being young and inexperienced

• Having reached full growth and development

• Being in the early stages of growth

• Being in the middle stages of growth

What does "penetrating" mean?

• Passing through something, such as a wall or a forest

• Staying on the surface of something

• Avoiding something

• Surrounding something

What does "consequently" mean?

• Before something happens

• As a result or therefore

• Without any reason

• During an event

What does the word "endemic" describe?

• A plant or animal species that is native to or restricted to a certain place or region

• A plant or animal species that is found everywhere

• A plant or animal species that is extinct

• A plant or animal species that is invasive