2. How important is the Amazon River for Amazon rainforests?
3. Why do very few plants grow in the understory of the rainforests?
4. Why is there very little air movement in the understory?
5. What is the layer above the understory called?
6. Find the word from the passage which means 'grand.
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
(a) It covers an area of nearly 2.8 million square miles.
(b) Amazon
(c) Amazon rainforest gets its life from the Amazon river.
(d) Only 2% of the sunlight filters through the top layers to the understory.
(e) The underestory is very thick; covered with large, broad leaves.
(f) Canopy
(g) They provide drinking pools for animals and tree frogs.
(h) Majestic
Detailed Answer:
(a) Amazon rainforest is called world's largest rainforest because it covers an area of nearly 2.8 million square miles-nearly the size of the continent of Australia.
(b) The world’s second largest river is the Amazon river
(c) Amazon rainforest gets its life from the Amazon river which runs directly through the heart of the region.
(d) Very few plants grow in the understory of the rainforest because only 2% of the sunlight filters through the thick top layers to the understory.
(e) Many of the plants in the understory have large and broad leaves. That make it so thick that there is very little air movement.
(f) The layer above the understory is called canopy.
(g) Bromeliads, cup like plants, provide trinking pool for animals and breeding locations for tree frogs.
(h) Majestic.