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17 Cards in this Set
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Brightly colored birds
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Parrots
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This place has a large rainforest
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Brazil
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This river is in Brazil
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Amazon
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This bird has a bright beak
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Toucan
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The tallest trees are in this layer
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Emergent layer
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Almost no plants grow in this layer and things decay quickly. Giant anteaters live is this layer
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Forest floor
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boa_______
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constrictor
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This is the primary layer of the forest and forms a roof over the two remaining layers
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canopy
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dines on ants
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anteater
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This plant makes materials for tires
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Rubber
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A very noisy monkey
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Howler
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Little sunshine reaches this area so the plants have to grow larger leaves to reach the sunlight
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Understory layer
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define humidity
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water/moisture in the air
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What is deforestation?
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cutting down trees of the forest and not planting new ones
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_____showers happen every day in the rainforest
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Rain
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What is the difference between a parakeet and a parrot?
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Parakeets are smaller
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slow moving animal
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sloth
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