The Eco-Trust Society's Trivia Tuesdays! Trekking through a tropical rainforest

An illustrated image of a lush tropical rainforest with diverse plant life and animals, showcasing layers like the emergent layer, canopy, and forest floor.

Tropical Rainforest Trivia Challenge

Welcome to The Eco-Trust Society's Trivia Tuesdays! Test your knowledge about tropical rainforests and learn fascinating facts about this incredible ecosystem.

Join us for an engaging quiz that covers:

The location and characteristics of tropical rainforests
Flora and fauna adaptations
Environmental issues such as deforestation

17 Questions4 MinutesCreated by ExploringTree27

Where are tropical rainforests found?

At latitudes higher than 66.5°

Between 23.5° and 66.5°

Between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, 23.5° north and south of the equator

Arctic circle

Tropical Rainforests can be found in the _______________ biome.

Temperate Maritime

Tropical Equatorial

Tropical Grassland

Tundra

How can temperatures in the tropical rainforest be described?

Very variable throughout the year

Do not vary very much throughout the year

Usually around 15°C

Where are the tallest trees in the rainforest found?

In the emergent layer

In the canopy

In the shrub layer

Where do most rainforest animals live?

On the forest floor

In the trees

In the air

In a hammock

What type of farming causes deforestation?

Cash cropping

Subsistence farming

Hunter-gatherer farming

Kitchen garden

Which of these are not found in the tropical rainforest or tropics?

Frog boi

Jagi boi

Island boi

The forest floor layer can be described as ...

Dark, humid, with little wind

Dark, soil lacks, nutrients, full of fruit

Dark, dry, soil lacks nutrients

Hardwood floor, shiny carpet, sometimes tiled

The leaves on many trees in the rainforest have adapted to having excess rainfall by having

Catching water

Dribble tray

Drip tips

A blue barrel from their foreign aunty

Some animals have adapted to living in the rainforest by

Having improved running speed and being able to look like grass

Having improved vision to see in the dark and being able to climb

Having the ability to climb and being able to see in bright light

Having improved colour to attract predators and being very slow

Mining is causing deforestation because the miners

Secretly hate trees

Need to dig up large areas of ground looking for minerals

Need to dig up large areas of ground looking for leprechauns for good luck and gold

Need to dig up areas of ground to look for the centre of the earth

What are epiphytes?

Meat-eating plants that attract insects using smelly nectar and then trap them

Flowering plants that grow on tree trunks and branches to get light

Vine-like plants that grow up a tree to reach the light

Plants that grow in the water

The leaves on the Emergent trees are smaller than the leaves on the trees that grow in the Shrub layer. This is because ...

At the shrub layer there is limited light for seeing

At the shrub layer there are many animals that eat leaves

At the shrub layer there is limited light for photosynthesis

At the shrub layer there is a lot of rain so the leaves are big for animals to hide under

In the time it has taken to complete this quiz, the equivalent of _________ football fields have been cut down.

100

250

500

The Eco-Trust Society's Trivia Tuesdays! Trekking through a tropical rainforest

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