The Rainforest Ecosystem

Name ___________________________ Date ______________

Multiple Choice (check the right answer)

1. A species is

__ several different kinds of animals living close together
__ plants or animals that are able to mate and have fertile offspring
__ an alien from another planet

2. A healthy variety of species is called

__ habitat
__ metamorphosis
__ biodiversity

True or False?

3. Rainforests have only been around for a few hundred years.
__ True __ False

4. Each speicies of plant and animal in a rainforest is connected to every other species.
__True __ False

5. The rainforest web of life is also called an "ecosystem."
__True __ False

6. Scientists believe that we have not yet discovered the most important things about rainforests.
__ True __ False

7. Less than half of the world's plant and animal species live in rainforests.
__ True __ False

Essay Question  Write your answer on the back of the page.

8. Write a description of what a rainforest might be like. How would it look and sound? Can you imagine what a rainforest smells like?