Rainforests Flashcards
Rainforests (12 cards)
What are the two types of rainforest?
Tropical and temperate
Tropical rainforest are found…
Between the tropic of cancer and the tropic af capricorn.
TRUE or FALSE?
Rainforests are only 2 million years old.
They are over 70 million years old
FALSE!
How much of the earths surface do rainforests cover?
6%
How many plants and animals live in rainforests?
Over 50% of all the earths plants amd animals live there;
Over 8,000 species!
TRUE or FALSE?
Rainforests create 40% of our breathable air
They also help regulate climate worldwide!
TRUE!
70% of ingredients for —- medicine come from the rainforest?
Cancer medicine
emergent layer
isolated tall trees that rise above the canopy
canopy layer
long, straight, fully grown trees compete for light
under canopy layer
small trees waiting to shoot up to canopy
shrub layer
ferns, shade loving plants and fungi
What is a BIOME?
ares of the planet with a similar climate and landscape were similar animals and plants live
