The Rainforest Answers

The amount and type of precipitation in temperate rainforests is the same as tropical rainforests.

Organisms that live in the rainforest have developed unique adaptations that aid in their survival. Which adaptation would most likely be found in organisms living in the rainforest?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the rainforest biome?

Which of the following best describes the Lianas vine?

Compared to the tropical rainforests, the temperate rainforests generally have __________.

Temperate rainforests are always located near the equator.

The leaf-cutter ants do not feed on leaves.

Sloths have less muscle than other mammals their size in order to _______.

Organisms that live in the rainforest have developed unique adaptations that aid in their survival. The greater yellow-headed vulture is found in undisturbed lowland tropical forests of the Amazon basin. It tracks down carrion to feed on by detecting the production of ethyl mercaptan, a gas that is produced at the beginning of animal decay. Photo by Sidnei Dantas Which adaptation might be found in the greater yellow-headed vulture, but not in the harpy eagle?

The rainforest contains half of the Earth’s wildlife and at least two thirds of its plant species. It can hold great quantities of water and is very important to the planet’s water cycle. Rainforests remove vast amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere and replace it with oxygen. Which of the following statements best summarize the above information about rainforests?

The plentiful nature of resources in the tropical rainforest reduces competition for them.

Which of the following is not true regarding the cacao tree?

This climate is considered tropical wet with temperatures between 68°F to 93°F and an annual precipitation of 50-260 inches. There is often a short season of less rain, or sometimes in areas with monsoon seasons, a short period of no rain. The soil contains very little nutrients because the trees quickly absorb all the nutrition out of the ground. A great amount of sunlight reaches the upper canopies, but very little sunlight filters down to the understory and forest floor. These are all characteristics of the _______ biome.

Rainfall in tropical rainforests amounts to about 10 to 14 feet per year.

Organisms that live in the rainforest have developed unique adaptations that aid in their survival. Which of the following plants could be described as a predator?