| A | B |
|---|
| location of rainforest | equator |
| another name for the canopy | rainforest treetops |
| number of rainforest layers | three (3) |
| what the understory layer is made up of | young trees, ferns, and shrubs |
| another name for forest floor | bottom layer |
| large mammels that live in the rainforest | jaguars, gorillas, orangutans |
| the name given to the tribal people of the rainforest | Indians or indigenous people |
| where indigenous people live | small group or tribes |
| Indians have learned to take this from trees without killing the trees | rubber |
| botton layer of the rainforest consists of this | rotting vegetation |
| rainforest canopies absorb this gas | carbon dioxide |
| when rainforests are burned this gas is released | carbon dioxide |
| how long the rainforest ecosystems have been developing | hundreds of millions of years |
| the average yearly temperature of a rainforest | 80 degrees |
| the amount of rain each year | 160 to 400 inches (400-1000 cm) |
