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Animal adaptations in the tropical rainforest

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  • What percentage of the worlds plants and animals live in the tropical rainforest?
    Over 50%
  • Why does the toucan adjust blood flow to its bill?
    To regulate heat/ not overheat in this tropical habitat.
  • On a climate graph, what information do you find on the left and right vertical axis?
    temperature and rainfall/precipitation
  • ________ is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.
    transpiration
  • Animals adapt to their environments in order to S_________
    Survive!
  • An adaptation is a feature of an animal that helps them better ________ in their environment.
    Survive
  • What is it that grows on sloths that makes them camouflage?
    Green algae
  • What is one reason that sloths are adapted to be slow?
    Conserve energy, avoid attention of predators..
  • As warm, moist air rises it cools and _________ forming rainclouds
    condenses
  • The tropics are in between which two lines of latitude?
    Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  • Why is the toucan adapted to have such a long bill?
    It can reach and access food from hard to reach areas
  • On a climate graph, temperature can f_______, which means to go up and down.
    Fluctuate