IEE102 - Tropical Rainforest - Key Terms

______ is a thick and luxuriant evergreen forest found in areas with high rainfall and high temperatures throughout the year.

______ is used to describe trees that do not shed all their leaves at the same time; instead, these trees continuously grow new leaves to replace older ones that die and fall.

______ is the rainforest layer where trees emerge from the canopy below and grow up to 50 meters tall.

______ is a cover formed by the crowns of tall trees in a forest; in a rainforest, this occurs at a height of 20 to 30 meters.

______ is the rainforest layer where trees grow up to 20 meters tall; in this layer, much of the sunlight is blocked by the canopy.

______ are leaves that have narrow, downward-pointing tips to allow water to run off easily.

______ are roots that grow from 1 to 5 meters above the ground to support the heavy weight of the trees.