Soil		any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to the earth's surface.(part of the water cycle)
Emergents		The Amazon river flows from the__________ mountains
deforestation		The plants that grow on branches of other plants without harming them.
precipitation		Animals that are awake at night.
Sun		Rainforest ________ is not good for any other plant growth
Adapt		______ and Burn is one of the traditional ways of clearing the rainforest
Butresses		Rainforest soil is shallow and the topsoil has more ________
Organic		Besides providing heat and light the ______ drives the water cycle.
Large		Plants and animals have both had to ________ to the rainforest environment . They have made changes to their features to better suit the rainforest.
Canopy		there is a lot of __________ matter in rainforest soil
slash		The island at the mouth of the Amazon river.
Andes		Theforest floor is thick with leaf litter, seeds, fruits and branches which decay to form__________.
Evapotranspiration		This layer only gets 2 to 5% of sunlight, the trees in this layer have limeted growth because of the roots from taller trees.
Nocturnal		The highest layer of the rainforest trees
Logging		The process in which water is absorbed through the plants then gets evaporated out through the leaves is called____________.
Light		Rainforest trees form a __________ that restricts the aount of light penetrating the forest floor below.
Marajo		the clearing of rainforest trees
Smooth		wood is needed for fuel and timer, this process is one of the reasons rainforests are being cleared.
Nutrients		Water evaporates then _____________ to form clouds.
Humus		____________ Area's are designed to assit the preservation of species and the rainforests.
Understorey		Most tropical rainforests are found between the Tropics of _________
Cancer		One of trees adaptations in to have _______ bark so the water can run down the trunks easily
Ephiphytes		developed on some trees these roots help get the nutrients in the topsoil and they blance the tree.
Protected		Some rainforest leaves have a __________ surface so they can get as much sun as possible
Condensates		Rainforests need lots of heat, __________ and rain.