Scavenger+Hunt

Team One: Rainforest Scavenger Hunt
__**Directions:**__ Use the links provided with the questions to go on a virtual scavenger hunt through the Rainforest and find the answers to the questions. Write or type your answers and be sure to read the whole question and answer all the parts.

//By: Katherine Arango// 1. Choose your favorite rainforest [|plant] and write two things that you didn’t know about it. Use complete sentences. (Hint: You can use any one o f the “Interesting Plant” pages. The links are on the left hand side of the screen)
 * __Topic One: Plants of the Rainforest__**

2. Highlight the foods or spices that come from rainforest plants and two things that are not food that come from rainforest plants. Use this website: [] Pineapple, coffee, chocolate, bananas, oranges, bamboo, rubber, chewing gum, syrup

3. The emergent [|layer] of the rainforest contains (answer part 1) and is home to (answer part two).





//By: Dana Rosenberg// 1. Search for three [|endangered animals] in this Rainforest! Record the name of each animal along with one fact you find interesting and the reason this animal is becoming endangered. Use complete sentences.
 * __Topic Two: Animals of the Rainforest__**

2. Are [|Orangutans] originally from... A. America B. South America C. Asia D. Canada

//(Hint: Click on the link "Orangutans" and navigate the website to find the page specifically about these highly intelligent mammals)//

3. Select an [|Arthropod] and list it's name, diet and size.

//By: Heather RIgual// 1. There are many birds found in the rainforest. Choose your favorite [|Rainforest Bird] and write two reasons for choosing this bird. (Hint: Click on the Rainforest Birds to find the answer)
 * __[[image:team1rocks/tucan_sm.jpg width="168" height="190" align="left"]]Topic Three: Birds of the Rainforest[[image:team1rocks/Macaw.jpg width="211" height="151" align="right"]]__**

2. The [|Scarlet Macaw] is one of the Rainforest Birds. Answer the following question about it: The diet of the Scarlet Macaw is made up of nuts, leaves, berries and (___)__ __(__Hint: click on the link "Scarlet Macaw" to find the answer) __.__ 3. What bird is the smallest in the world? Use this link to find the answer: []



__**Topic Four: Layers of the Rainforest**__

1. List the four [|layers] of the Rainforest.

2. Each layer is found at a certain height. Which two [|layers] are found between the top and bottom layers? What height are these layers found at?

3. Name an [|animal] that can be found in the highest layer of the Rainforest.

//Below are some links that will help your find out lots of cool stuff about the Amazon Rainforest. Each of the links goes// //with the question that has the same number. Question 2 has two links. The extra credit question is optional.// 3. [|Amazon Rainforest Flora and Soil] //by Jenifer Wills//
 * __Topic Five - Links__**
 * 1) [|The Amazon Rainforest Map]
 * 2) [|The Un-contacted Tribes of the Amazon]
 * media type="youtube" key="sLErPqqCC54" height="216" width="392" align="right"[|Survival International - Amazon Tribes]
 * __Topic Five: The Amazon Rainforest__**
 * 1) Find the Amazon Rainforest on a map. Which continent is it on?
 * 2) See if you can find out more about the un-contacted tribes of the Amazon from the video. What do they eat? How do they make money or do they trade? What if you had never heard of computers, the internet or even phones? Do you think your life would be very different? Do you think you would have other ways to play, learn and find stuff out?
 * 3) Why are there so **many** plants and animals in rainforests? Use [|this link] to get more information on the science of rainforests. Why is the rain forest so fertile? If you don't know what the word "fertile" means type "define: fertile" in a search box like Google to find out.
 * Extra Credit: Find a video, picture or sound-clip of the Amazon Rainforest and discuss it with your classmates in the provided graphic. Click the discussion link at the top of this page, then click "New Post", enter the subject, your name and your comment, and it will appear in the boxes below. In your message, include a link to the video, picture, and sound-clip that you choose.

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//By: Taylor Florin//
 * __Topic 6: Rainforest Weather and Climate__**

> in the [|tropical rainforest]?
 * 1) Having such a humid [|climate], what is the average amount of yearly rainfall (in centimeters) in the Tropical Rainforest?
 * 2) The category of rainforest depends on their weather and location. What are the three [|categories] of Rainforests?
 * 3) What is one of the driest months in the tropical rainforest? What is one of the months with the most rainfall

//By: Kelsey Sparkes// 1. Tropical Rainforests are found in [|locations] that receive significant amounts of what? 2. List [|two] countries where rainforests can be found. 3. [|Where] is the largest rainforest on Earth located? (Hint: Look at the map below)
 * __Topic 7: Location of Rainforests__**