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

 


 

 

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