| A | B |
|---|
| biodiversity | many different kinds of life |
| canopy | a thick, overhead layer of the forest made by the tops of tall trees and vines |
| conservation | careful preservation and protection of something |
| equator | the imaginary line around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles |
| understory | the layer of the forest below the canopy where small trees, shrubs, and herbs grow |
| forest floor | the bottom layer of the rainforest |
| parasite | plant or animal that grows and feeds on another |
| endangered species | an animal or plant that is threatened with extinction deforestation- the process of stripping an area of trees and other vegetation |
