Rainforests

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Across 1. ______ and Burn is one of the traditional ways of clearing the rainforest 3. Rainforests need lots of heat, __________ and rain. 6. Rainforest soil is shallow and the topsoil has more ________ 8. Rainforest trees form a __________ that restricts the aount of light penetrating the forest floor below. 9. The Amazon river flows from the__________ mountains 10. ____________ Area's are designed to assit the preservation of species and the rainforests. 12. The plants that grow on branches of other plants without harming them. 14. Water evaporates then _____________ to form clouds. 16. One of trees adaptations in to have _______ bark so the water can run down the trunks easily 17. the clearing of rainforest trees 18. wood is needed for fuel and timer, this process is one of the reasons rainforests are being cleared. 19. The island at the mouth of the Amazon river. 22. any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to the earth's surface.(part of the water cycle) 24. Animals that are awake at night.

Down 2. Theforest floor is thick with leaf litter, seeds, fruits and branches which decay to form__________. 3. Some rainforest leaves have a __________ surface so they can get as much sun as possible 4. Most tropical rainforests are found between the Tropics of _________ 5. The highest layer of the rainforest trees 7. The process in which water is absorbed through the plants then gets evaporated out through the leaves is called____________. 11. developed on some trees these roots help get the nutrients in the topsoil and they blance the tree. 13. This layer only gets 2 to 5% of sunlight, the trees in this layer have limeted growth because of the roots from taller trees. 15. there is a lot of __________ matter in rainforest soil 20. Plants and animals have both had to ________ to the rainforest environment . They have made changes to their features to better suit the rainforest. 21. Rainforest ________ is not good for any other plant growth 23. Besides providing heat and light the ______ drives the water cycle.

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