Fill In Sentences:
Rain Forests
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
survival
decompose
encounter
lethal
extensive
parasite
preference
melodius
maintain
abound
disastrous
reality
pollen
temperate
analysis
1. After spending two years in Alaska and one in the desert, Zack wanted to move to a more climate.
2. The Titanic was a shipwreck, taking many lives.
3. The snake’s bite was and the explorer did not survive.
4. In the wilderness, depends on one's ability to find food, water, and shelter.
5. The nurse took a sample of the patient’s blood and sent it to the lab for .
6. The meadowlark is a bird known for its especially lovely and song.
7. Everything that was once alive will eventually after it dies.
8. Sophie dreamed of taking a trip to Costa Rica, but soon she had to face the that she would spend the summer at home.
9. Larry asked for a sundae with chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla because he had a for chocolate.
10. A type of fish that lives off of the body of a much larger fish is considered a .
11. Arturo’s with his little brother was not pleasant; his brother hit him on the head with a toy.
12. Specks of get stuck on a bee’s back when it feeds on a flower, and it carries the specks to the next flower.
13. Because she read many books and often looked up words in the dictionary, she had an vocabulary.
14. Gold and jewels in the millionaire’s home.
15. She could not her stamina throughout the race, and soon fell behind.
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Definition Matching:
Rain Forests
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
survival
1. having a moderate climate
temperate
2. causing great damage, suffering, or destruction
pollen
3. relating to or causing death
decompose
4. the continuation of life or existence
melodius
5. an examination of something and all of its parts
maintain
6. pleasant to hear
encounter
7. to rot or decay
parasite
8. truth, or the actual situation
lethal
9. the liking of something better or best
reality
10. an animal or plant that gets its food by living on or inside another animal or plant
disastrous
11. a meeting, often unexpected
preference
12. tiny dust-like grains produced by flowers
analysis
13. having wide range or scope
abound
14. to have lots of something or to be present in a large amount
extensive
15. to continue or preserve
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Crossword:
Rain Forests
Words
POLLEN
ABOUND
ENCOUNTER
ANALYSIS
DISASTROUS
LETHAL
PREFERENCE
SURVIVAL
TEMPERATE
MAINTAIN
MELODIOUS
REALITY
DECOMPOSE
PARASITE
EXTENSIVE
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1
6
2
4
10
7
5
9
15
14
11
13
8
12
Across
2. the liking of something better or best
5. to rot or decay
8. an examination of something and all of its parts
9. to continue or preserve
12. truth, or the actual situation
13. to have lots of something or to be present in a large amount
Down
1. causing great damage, suffering, or destruction
3. a meeting, often unexpected
4. having wide range or scope
6. pleasant to hear
7. having a moderate climate
10. the continuation of life or existence
11. an animal or plant that gets its food by living on or inside another animal or plant
14. relating to or causing death
15. tiny dust-like grains produced by flowers
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A flower that’s three feet across, weighs 20 pounds, and smells like rotting meat? Sounds like something out of science fiction, right?
Wrong: You can find the giant rafflesia plant – and many other oddities and curious creatures – hiding in our planet’s many rain forests. For kids fascinated by statistics and weird facts, this issue is a wonder: They’ll find out about the incredible biodiversity of rain forests, which are home to strangler figs, 100-pound rodents, and glowing click beetles, and take a closer look at their valuable products, such as rubber, manioc, natural medicines, and more.
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What Is a Rain Forest?
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Insects of the Rain Forest
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Peoples of the Rain Forest
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The Amazon
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Ecotourism
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