Video session. National Geographic: RAINFORESTS
A) As you watch the video, circle the correct answer:
1) Rainforests covered much of the Earth…
- Before man - some years ago
2) Rainforests are home to….
-
half of all the
animal species today
-
some endangered animals
3) The humid and steamy atmosphere of rainforests is
created by…
-
endless rain and
high temperatures
-
dry weather
4) We can find rainforests in…
- Chile -
Costa Rica - Argentina
5) We can find _________________ in the impenetrable
rainforest.
- tall trees - buildings - pets
6) 95 % of the nutrients in rainforests are held…
-
in the air
-
in the living
vegetation
-
in animals
7) Leaf cutting ants cut the leaves with their…
- jaws - legs - antennae
8) Leaf cutting ants live…
- in colonies - alone - in small groups
9) Before eating the butterfly the bird cuts its…
- wings - antennae
- legs
10) A male
lizard displays his brilliant dewlap as a signal to…
-
show it
-
proclaim his
territory
-
eat a female
11) When a
tree falls the ________________ gets into the rainforest through this
gap.
- sunlight -rain
-thunder
12) Most of the trees have evolved _________________
in their leaves so that insects don’t eat them.
-
poisonous chemicals
-
weapons
-
sticky glue
13) Ants protect some trees and in exchange trees
support them with some…
-
sugar rich solution
-
leaves
-
stems
14) The Basilisk lizard has a special ability to walk
on…
- grass - water - rocks
15) More than ____________________ of rain falls on
rainforest each year.
- 50 inches
- one million inches - 200 inches
16) Frogs carry their tadpoles on their…
- backs - heads
- pouches