Amazon Rainforest Interactive Scavenger Hunt!

The Amazon Rainforest covers an area about the size of.....
1. Canada
2. Australia
3. Mexico
4. South America
The Amazon River is the world's ___________________ river.
1. largest
2. second largest
3. widest
4. third largest
The _______________ layer of the Amazon Rainforest is the highest
1. emergent
2. canopy
3. understory
4. forest floor
Leaves in the rainforest canopy are......
1. dense
2. transparent
3. flimsy
4. gigantic
Bromeliads, often located in the rainforest canopy, provide ______________ for other organisms.
1. food
2. sunlight
3. water
4. love
At most, ______________ percent of sunlight reaches the Amazon understory.
1. 2
2. 5
3. 10
4. 20
Leaves in the understory are .......
1. shallow
2. flimsy
3. narrow
4. broad
___________________ plants grow on the forest floor.
1. Many
2. Small
3. Few
4. Unusual
Which of the following is NOT a component in the production of oxygen?
1. water
2. carbon dioxide
3. carbon monoxide
4. sunlight
The Amazon Rainforest is often called the ______________ of the Earth, because of the vast amount of oxygen produced.
1. Heart
2. Brain
3. Source
4. Lungs
The Amazon Rainforest produces as much as ___________________ percent of the world's oxygen
1. 10
2. 15
3. 20
4. 25
All plants convert sunlight to nourishment (and oxygen as a byproduct) in a process called....
1. photosynthesis
2. transpiration
3. breathing
4. conversion
In which of the following countries would you NOT find part of the Amazon Rainforest?
1. Peru
2. Bolivia
3. Chile
4. Colombia
Which of the following products does not come from the Amazon Rainforest?
1. avocados
2. rubber
3. ink
4. chocolate
The Amazon Rainforest features about ________________ kinds of fruit
1. 100
2. 200
3. 1,000
4. 3,000
The Black Panther (jaguar) is also known as the ______________ Jaguar.
1. Melanistic
2. Midnight
3. Dark
4. Shadow
The Harpy Eagle's claws are comparable in size to those of a....
1. house cat
2. raccoon
3. grizzly bear
4. badger
The Hyacinth Macaw eats mainly.....
1. insects
2. fruit
3. leaves
4. nuts
The wild population of Hyacinth Macaws numbers no more than ____________ birds.
1. 2,000
2. 3,400
3. 7,000
4. 14,000
The Keel-billed Toucan is the national bird of......
1. Brazil
2. Belize
3. Colombia
4. Panama
The Three-toed Sloth spend as much as ____________ hours per day hanging upside down from trees and sleeping.
1. 22
2. 8
3. 11
4. 19
Which of the following Amazon animals is NOT an herbivore?
1. three-toed sloth
2. Brazilian Tapir
3. Capybara
4. Black Caiman
In Leafcutter Ant colonies, the ________________ are the largest worker ants and the soldiers.
1. Majors
2. Minors
3. Mediae
4. Minims
The bright coloration of the Poison Dart Frogs is known as ______________ coloration.
1. warning
2. aposematic
3. indigenous
4. dangerous
Every year, part of the Amazon Rainforest about the size of _________________ is cleared.
1. Brazil
2. West Virginia
3. California
4. New York City