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Unit 13 Words Rainforest Module

Unit 13 Words Rainforest Module . Homework due Thursday Test Thursday. foliage.

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Unit 13 Words Rainforest Module

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  1. Unit 13 Words Rainforest Module • Homework due Thursday • Test Thursday

  2. foliage • To gather species of plants and insects, Meg has climbed ropes to pluck leaves, sailed aloft in hot-0air balloons to gather orchids, swung on trapezes through the foliage, and even hung over the side of an inflatable raft resting on the canopy. • Definition: plant life

  3. specimen • To press a plant specimen she folds the flowers and leaves carefully in newspaper, then places them between sheets of cardboard, where they begin to dry out. • Definition: an example or sample of something

  4. ascending • For a human being, ascending to the canopy is not easy. • Definition: climbing upward

  5. biomass • They knew that the canopy was the “powerhouse” of the rainforest, the place where most photosynthesis occurs and where 95 percent of the biomass, the living things of the rainforest, is produced. • Definition: the living things of the rainforest

  6. frontier • The canopy has been likened to an undiscovered continent, a kind of last frontier. • Definition: the first person to explore a place; leading the way

  7. thrive • It is the very diversity of the rainforest that allows life to thrive everywhere, to spring back with a rush of opportunistic species to fill the gaps. • Definition: succeed in life or grow well

  8. vegetation • Within the tangled vines under the rotting bark of fallen trees, caught in the slime and mold of decaying vegetation and fungi, life teems with ceaseless energy. • Definition: plants; plant life; foliage

  9. opportunistic • It is the very diversity of the rainforest that allows life to thrive everywhere, to spring back with a rush of opportunistic species to fill the gaps. • Definition: describes a species that fills a gap in the ecosystem

  10. decaying • Within the tangled vines under the rotting bark of fallen trees, caught in the slime and mold of decaying vegetation and fungi, life teems with ceaseless energy. • Definition: rotting; crumbling; falling apart

  11. ceaseless • Within the tangled vines under the rotting bark of fallen trees, caught in the slime and mold of decaying vegetation and fungi, life teems with ceaseless energy. • Definition: seeming to never stop

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