Across
- 3. a scientific name for the animals that live in a particular place
- 5. the natural environment of an animal or plant
- 8. when the wind brings a season of heavy rain
- 9. floor darkest and lowest rainforest layers
- 11. layer the name for the very top section of the rainforest
- 13. all the different types of life on the earth
- 14. Located beneath the emergent layer, the canopy is a very thick section of vegetation
Down
- 1. cutting down the trees of a forest
- 2. another name for plants
- 3. a scientific name for the plants that live in a certain area
- 4. the usual weather conditions in a place
- 6. located beneath the canopy, the understory is full of plants with large leaves
- 7. a community of plants and animals with characteristics just right for the environment they live
- 10. rainforest a hot, wet place found near the earth's equator
- 12. an imaginary circle around the center of the earth which is often hot and rainy
