The layer that has a lot of branches and leaves. It's the layer with the most food.
Canopy
A forest that has a lot of rain and many kinds of plants and animals.
Rainforest
Part of the food chain: An animal that has no predators
Top consumer OR apex predator
The top layer of the rainforest. It’s above the canopy layer.
Emergent Layer or Sunlit Zone
The process of plants making their own food
photosynthesis
An animal that is hunted by a predator
Prey
The top layer of the earth where plants grow
soil
An imaginary circle around the earth. It’s where we find the rainforests of the world.
Equator
A living thing that makes its own food
Producer
A small part of a plant that grows into a new plant
Seed
The two groups have different _______________ about deforestation. They think different things.
opinion
One way seeds travel to a new place
by water
Part of the food chain: An animal that eats the primary consumers
Secondary consumer
A living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals
Decomposer
One layer of the rainforest. It is dark and has short trees.
Understory
The animal that hunts the prey
Predator
Part of the food chain: An animal that eats the secondary consumers
Tertiary consumer
Part of the food chain: A living thing that eats producers
Primary consumer
Cutting down a lot of trees in a forest
Deforestation
When seeds travel by wind, water, bursting, catching a ride, and other ways to help grow new plants
Seed Dispersal
One way seeds travel
wind
Part of the air we breathe; plants and trees make this
Oxygen
When an animal looks the same as a harmful animal. This helps the animal to scare away predators
Mimicry
The climate of the US and Europe
Temperate Climate