Answer Key Primary (Rainforest in a City Book)

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Primary Worksheet 1

Rainforest in a City: Word Search Fun Here are some words extracted from the book “Rainforest in the City”. See if you can find them in the word search below. Have fun!

CANOPY TROPICAL FOREST RAIN ENVIRONMENT JELUTONG OWL HOT BUTTERFLY MONKEY SNAKE TREES MERANTI CRICKETS ANT FLORA NOCTURNAL MILLIPEDES AMAZING LAYERS

N Q D R B N Q U U W O J B R G T J I

O M L A B C Z D N O G E P N A Y H Z

C B G I N C A U L U K L T R X J N H

T S Z N R A M D N H G U G O T Z D H

U E B M U F A H N B N T N W R T C I

R E L I C S Z W W J Z O K L E O M D

N D H L A A I C I J F N Q Z E T J S

A A H L X T N M O Q O G Z B S Z L W

L J S I G Z G B R F R U L X Z J P E

D K B P T G J H U J E V U E X U V V

L G X E A J M O T D S M P P P V V C

C V Q D Y L F T U X T L U G Y F J R

Z V J E A H G M A O G M E R A N T I

O I W S Z N M O N K E Y N P T B X C

F L O R A L A Y E R S Y W E R W M K

C A N O P Y E N V I R O N M E N T E

A N T V K S T R O P I C A L I R L T

B U T T E R F L Y S N A K E T C J S

Primary Worksheet 2

Rainforest in a City: Word Scramble Fun Here are some words extracted from the book “Rainforest in the City”. Unscramble the letters to find out what the words are!

1. ycopna canopy

2. tluyetbfr butterfly

3. kenas snake

4. oalcprit tropical

5. rsevree reserve

6. nemkyo monkey

7. arlfo flora

8. uimhd humid

9. leoutngj jelutong

10. kcersitc crickets

Primary Worksheet 3

Rainforest in a City: Food Chain Fun In the rainforest, all the different kinds of animals are interdependent in the web of life. Can you figure out who or what gets eaten by whom?

Cave Centipede Sun Skink Flying Insects Nectar of the Stink Bean Plant

Eat or be Eaten!

Painted

Bronzeback Sun Skink Snake

Nectar of the Cave Stink Bean Plant Nectar Bat

Blue-throated

Bee Flying Insects Eater

Black-jaw Cave Centipede Huntsman

Photo credits: (top to bottom) Dr Yam Tim Wing; Nick Baker; Chua Ee Kiam

Primary Worksheet 4

Rainforest in a City: Flora and Fauna Identification Fun The rainforest is home to a myriad of fascinating flora and fauna. Can you identify the flora and fauna described below?

Bat Lily Common Flameback Hair Spine Rattan Paradise Tree Snake

I can glide from tree to tree by flattening my What am I? body and concaving the underside to trap a Paradise Tree Snake cushion of air.

I am a woodpecker that uses my chisel-like bill to excavate nesting holes or What am I? search for wood-boring insects. My drumming Common Flameback can heard from afar!

Ants build nests among my interlocking spines. In Singapore, I am only What am I? found in the swamp forest. Hair Spine Rattan

Have you ever seen a flower like me? My ‘whiskers’ are actually What am I? modified leaves. Bat Lily

Photo Credits: Chua Ee Kiam Primary Worksheet 5

Rainforest in a City: Camouflage Fun Many animals in the rainforest are masters of disguise! Can you differentiate the animal from the flora it’s hiding in? Use a coloured marker to outline the animal, and write down its name in the space provided.

Chocolate Face Crab Spider Crab-eating Frog Lesser Green Leafbird Mueller's Spiny Insect

Crab-eating Frog Mueller’s Spiny Insect

Lesser Green Leafbird Chocolate Face Crab Spider

Photo Credits: Chua Ee Kiam