Key+Terms

=//Below is a list of rainforest words and their meanings. You may see some these words in the pathfinder or use these key terms to search for more information: //=
 * ==//Amazonia (or the Amazon basin):// An area in South America that contains the largest rainforest in the world. ==
 * == //biodiversity:// (short for biological diversity) A wide variety of plant and animal life that inhabits (lives in) a particular location. ==
 * == //canopy:// The blanket of leaves formed by the crowns (tops) of rainforest trees. ==
 * == //conservation:// Protecting, preserving and managing the Earth's natural resources and the environment. ==
 * == ( // The) Daintree: // the lowland rainforest region bordering the Daintree River and part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage area. ==
 * ==//ecosystem:// All of the living and non-living things of a particular area and the interactions between them . ==
 * ==//emergents:// The very high trees in the rainforest, which emerge (pop out) above the canopy. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #621ff9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #30bb48; font-family: Georgia,serif;">temperate: // <span style="color: #090101; font-family: Georgia,serif;">A moderate climate that is neither very hot nor very cold, located in the temperate zone (in Australia, south of the Tropic of Capricorn). ﻿==
 * == //<span style="color: #621ff9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">tropical: //<span style="color: #080202; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Located between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer, either side of the Equator. ==
 * ==<span style="color: #621ff9; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #30bb48; font-family: Georgia,serif;">understorey: // Low-level growth in rainforests, especially the plants and seedlings protected by the canopy. ==