Rainforest Jeopardy

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LAYERS
PLANTS
ANIMALS
MORE ANIMALS
FACTS FIGURES
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This is The top layer of the Rainforest. The
tallest trees can be found here.
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What is the Emergent Layer
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This layer is very dark. Fungi and moss grow here
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What is the Forest Floor
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This layer of the Rainforest is home to animals
such as Sloths and Howler Monkeys. They can be
found just hanging around.
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What is the canopy
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This layer of the Rainforest sees the most
sunlight of all the layers.
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What is the Emergent layer
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This layer is just underneath the Rainforest
umbrella. It extends from the Forest Floor to
the base of the Canopy
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What is the Understory
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This plant is the biggest in the whole world. It
can grow to be over 1 meter in diameter
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What is the Rafflesia
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This is the Worlds largest grass. It is native
to many parts of the world.
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What is Bamboo
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This type of plant is sometimes called an air
plant. It grown on leaves and branches high in
the canopy.
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What is an epiphyte
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It was not until Europeans added sugar and milk
to cacao that the world came to know this sweet
treat
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What is chocolate
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This is the original base for chewing gum. It
comes from the latex (sap) of a tree native from
southern Mexico to northern Brazil.
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What is Chicle
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This mammal is usually dark brown in color. It
can usually be found near water because of its
great ability to swim. Its scientific name is
Tapirus terrestris
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What is a Tapir
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This reptile glides from tree to tree on winglike
skin flaps
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What is the Flying Dragon
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This is the loudest animal in the Rainforest.
You can hear him from 3 miles away.

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What is the Howler Monkey
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This is the slowest animal in the Rainforest
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What is the Sloth

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Monkeys have these, Apes do not.
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What are tails
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This butterfly is a common poisonous butterfly
that eats poisonous milkweed in its larval stage
and lays its eggs on the milkweed plant.
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What is the Monarch Butterfly
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This snake is the biggest snake in the world.
Also known as the Water Boa, this giant,
meat-eater lives in swampy areas of tropical
(warm) South America.
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What is the Anaconda
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This is a large, flightless bird from Australia
and New Guinea. It is the biggest bird in
Australia and the second-biggest bird in the
world
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What is the Cassowary
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This mammal lives in Mexico, Central America and
South America.  They live in forests and swamps
and plains.   It has a long sticky tongue that
catches insects and very long, strong claws.
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What is the Anteater
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This is the world's largest rodent. It has no
tail and partially-webbed feet. It lives on river
banks
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What is the Capybara
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About 2,000 of these are cut down per minute in
the rainforests
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What are trees
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____________________acres of rainforest are lost
every second with tragic consequences for both
developing and industrial countries.
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What is One and a half
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Rainforests are home to this fraction of the
earths living species
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What is 2/3
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There are______ billion acres of tropical forest
remaining
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What is 3.5
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Over 2,000 tropical plants have been identified
by scientists as having anti__________properties
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What is cancer