*”Ecosystems: Rain Forests” Quiz*
#1. True or False: tropical rainforests are the same temperature all year.
Answer: True! They are HOT ALL year round.
#2. How many layers are rainforests made of?
Answer: Four layers!
#3. What layer of the rainforest are the treetops at?
Answer: The canopy is where the treetops are located.
#4. True or False: Rainforest tree “sweat” becomes clouds.
Answer: True! Leaves sweat out water where it evaporates and forms clouds.
#5. What are 2 abiotic factors in a rainforest?
Answer: Rain, nutrients, temperature and humidity.
#6. What kind of plant can get nutrients from the air instead of the soil?
Answer: Bromeliads get nutrients from the air and rain instead of from the soil.
#7. What does a pitcher plant use for nutrients?
Answer: It eats bugs. (GROSS!)
#8. Why does a sloth have long claws?
Answer: Because letting claws dig in and wrap over the branch uses less energy.
#9. Why do sloths need to conserve their energy? Their fooddoesn’t have a lot of nutrients, so they need to conserve energy.
#10. True or False: A sloth has to poop 5 times a day.
Answer: FALSE! They only POOP once a week!!!
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