Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50."— Presentation transcript:

1 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50

2 10 Red 10 Points In which rainforest layer can you find a slow moving sloth and a howler monkey? The Canopy

3 20 Red 20 Points What is the lowest layer of the rainforest called? The Forest Floor

4 30 Red 30 Points This layer of the rainforest has trees up to 250 feet tall!!! The Emergent Layer

5 40 Red 40 Points In our “human rainforest” activity, which layer was represented by the students legs? The Understory

6 50 Red 50 Points What causes global warming? A thick layer of gases is causing heat to stay in the Earth’s atmosphere and not be released back into space. It is the greenhouse effect, only intensified.

7 10 Orange 10 Points What rainforest animal can kill up to 54 humans with its poison? The Poison- Dart Frog

8 20 Orange 20 Points What beautiful blue rainforest insect is about the size of a cup saucer? The Morpho Butterfly

9 30 Orange 30 Points What is the only species of bird that can fly backwards? The Hummingbird

10 40 Orange 40 Points What rainforest animal will discard its tail when grasped? The Gecko

11 50 Orange 50 Points Which rainforest animal grows by moulting and has 8 eyes? The Tarantula

12 10 Yellow 10 Points What is the area of rainforest we are raising money to save? Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

13 20 yellow 20 Points About how many trees are cut down per minute in the rainforest? 2000

14 30 yellow 30 Points Over 70% of the plants identified to be useful in the treatment of what disease are from the rainforest? Cancer

15 40 yellow 40 Points What is the function of the rainforest root system? (besides getting nutrients for the trees) To prevent erosion To absorb rainfall and regulate runoff

16 50 yellow 50 Points How do the living rainforests help to prevent global warming? They absorb CO 2 from the atmosphere and change it to O 2. The CO 2 builds up in the atmosphere and causes global warming.

17 10 green 10 Points How fast can a hummingbird fly? 30 MPH

18 20 green 20 Points If deforestation continues at its present rate, scientists estimate that all the tropical rainforest will be destroyed by what year? 2030

19 30 green 30 Points Name all 4 layers of the rainforest. The Emergent Layer The Canopy The Understory The Forest Floor

20 40 green 40 Points How can you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? Alligators have blunt snouts and you can’t see their teeth. Crocodiles have pointed snouts and you can see their teeth.

21 50 green 50 Points What plants grow on trees in the canopy and get their nutrients from decayed leaves, algae, and moss? Epiphytes

22 10 blue 10 Points The tropical rainforest gets at least how many centimeters of rain per year? 200 cm

23 20 blue 20 Points When you sell 10 t-shirts for the Earth Foundation, how much of rainforest are you saving? One Acre

24 30 blue 30 Points Which layer of the rainforest is the most diverse? The Canopy

25 40 blue 40 Points What is one thing we can do in Champaign/Urbana to help save the rainforests? Recycle Contribute to organizations like the Earth Foundation Educate others about the rainforest

26 50 blue 50 Points Give one good reason why we should save the rainforests? It produces oxygen It has treatments for many diseases It contains many things we use as luxury items


Download ppt "10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google