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Rainforest Word Wall Vocabulary
A set of rainforest related vocabulary word wall cards.
Print out these Rainforest Word Wall Vocabulary cards and cut them along the line. Stick them up around your room to immerse your students in the content specific vocabulary.
There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.
Words include:
rainforest, rainfall, tropical, temperate, monsoon trough, climate, species, plants, insects, microorganisms, undiscovered, natural medicines, oxygen, carbon dioxide, photosynthesis, undergrowth, sunlight, leaf canopy, vines, shrubs, trees, jungle, fungi, forest floor, understory layer, canopy layer, emergent layer, decay, soil, timber, logging, deforestation, plantations, ecosystem, uncontacted tribes
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Rainforest Vocabulary
rainforest | rainfall | tropical |
temperate | monsoon trough | climate |
species | plants | insects |
microorganisms | undiscovered | natural medicines |
oxygen | carbon dioxide | photosynthesis |
undergrowth | sunlight | leaf canopy |
vines | shrubs | trees |
jungle | fungi | forest floor |
understory layer | canopy layer | emergent layer |
decay | soil | timber |
logging | deforestation | plantations |
ecosystem | uncontacted tribes |
NSW Curriculum alignment
- GE2-1
Examines features and characteristics of places and environments
- ST2-5LW-T
Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter
- ST2-5LW-T
Describes how agricultural processes are used to grow plants and raise animals for food, clothing and shelter
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCGGK077
Location of major countries of Africa and South America in relation to Australia and their major characteristics including the types of vegetation and native animals in at least two countries for both continents
- VCGGK077
Location of major countries of Africa and South America in relation to Australia and their major characteristics including the types of vegetation and native animals in at least two countries for both continents
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACSSU073
Living things depend on each other and the environment to survive
- ACHASSK088
The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people

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