Chapter 16

2. This plant attaches itself to a tall tree in a rain forest and is a beautiful yellow flower.
4. Top layer of a rain forest is called the _______________________.
5. Areas that have widely scattered vegetation and receives very little rain fall.
7. Plants and animals that live in the rain forest are also threatened by _____________.
8. The percentage in which rain forests now cover the Earth.
12. The ___________is a temperate shrubland biome that is found in all five parts if the world and has a Mediterranean climate.
13. Primary layer of a rain forest is known as the ________________________.
14. The percentage in which rain forests once covered the earth.
17. _____________________ cover large areas of the interior of continents, where there is moderate rainfall, bust still too little for trees to grow.
18. A type of bird that lives in the rain forest that has a strong curved beak.
19. Plants such as orchids that use the entire surface of a tree as a place to live.

1. Trees in the canopy can grow to be ___________________ tall.
3. In ________________________________, trees drop their broad flat leaves in the fall.
6. This animal that lives in the taiga, changes its fur from brown to white in the winter to hide from preditors.
9. Occur in North America, Australlia, and New Zealand
10. Lowest part of a rain forest that gets little sunlight.
11. The _________ is the northern coniferous forest that stretches in a broad band across the Northern Hemisphere.
15. _________________ is the usual reason for a species to become extinct.
16. Animal with a long tongue in the rain forest that eats insects.
20. A ______________ is a tropical biome dominated by grasses, shrubs, and small trees.