Rainforest Study Guide
Name __________________________
Block __________
1. Rainforests are very dense, ___________, wet forests. They are
havens for millions of plants and animals.
2. Rainforest plants generate much of the Earth's ________________.
3. These plants also are used in new ___________ that fight disease and
illness.
4. Scientists divide the rainforest into ______________ (zones) based on
the living environment.
5. _____________________: Giant trees that are much higher than the
average canopy height. It houses many birds and insects.
6. __________________: The upper parts of the trees. This leafy
environment is full of life in a tropical rainforest and includes: insects,
birds, reptiles, mammals, and more.
7. __________________: A dark, cool environment under the leaves but
over the ground.
8. __________________: Teeming with animal life, especially insects.
The largest animals in the rainforest generally live here.
9. _________________ of insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and
mammals live in the rain forest.
10.Tropical rainforests are found in a belt around the
_________________ of the Earth.
11.Rainforests get over _______ inches (2 m) of rain each year.
12.The range of temperature in a tropical rainforest is usually between
______________ and 80° F (24-27° C).
13.Once damaged, the __________ of a tropical rainforest takes many
years to recover.
14. Tropical rainforests cover about ________% of the Earth's surface
and are VERY important to the Earth's ecosystem.
15.The rainforests ________________ and clean water.
16.Tropical rainforest trees and plants also remove ___________
_______________ from the atmosphere and store it in their roots,
stems, leaves, and branches.
17.Rainforests affect the greenhouse effect, which traps ____________
inside the Earth's atmosphere.
18. There are many ________________________ groups of people who
have live in the tropical rainforests.
19.Forest people are mostly hunter-gatherers; they get their food by
_________________ for meat (and fishing for fish) and
_________________________ edible plants, like starchy roots and
fruit.
20.Most indigenous populations are __________________ because of
diseases like __________________ and measles, which were
inadvertently introduced by Europeans, and because of governmental
_____________ seizure.