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10 Cards in this Set
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Tropical rain forests are located near the equator.
TRUE or false |
Name 3 foods that come from the rain forest.
Just a few of the many: cashews, bananas, coconuts, black beans, pineapples, chocolate |
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The rain forest is made up of 3 layers.
true or FALSE (4) |
25% of all known medicines contain compounds from rain forest plants.
TRUE or false |
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Name the 4 layers of the tropical rain forest.
emergent, canopy, understory, floor |
More than half of the world's plant and animal species live in rainforests.
TRUE or false |
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What is the largest tropical rain forest ?
The Amazon Rain Forest. It is located in South America. |
Chocolate is made from a:
a. Hershey tree b. chocolate plant C. cacao tree |
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What percent of the earth is covered by tropical rain forests?
a. 25% B. 6% c. 50% |
Rain forests have an annual rainfall minimum of:
A. 100 inches b. 75 inches c. 50 inches |
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Tropical rain forests make 20% of the world's oxygen.
TRUE or false |
Tapirs, tigers, elephants, and jaguars live in the forest's:
a. canopy B. floor c. understory |
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The floor of the rain forest gets lots of sunshine.
true or FALSE |
Tropical rain forests receive 80" - 400" of rain per year.
TRUE or false |
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DEFORESTATION means:
a. planting forest trees b. watering forest trees C. logging or burning forest trees |
Nebraska averages about 50" of rainfall per year.
true or FALSE (about 30") |
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Many of the medicines that we use today come from rain forest plants.
TRUE or false |
The main cash crops of the rain forest are mahogany, cocoa, Brazil nuts and rubber.
TRUE or false |
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Each year rain forests the size of ____________ are destroyed by man.
A. the state of Louisiana b. the county of York c. the town of Waco |
Most animals live in this layer:
a. emergent b. floor C. canopy |
