Amazon Rain Forest Crossword Puzzle
By Whitney
It is best to do this puzzle by printing it out. You will have to remember the facts you learned from the different Amazon Rain Forest sections. Have fun!
Across
1. Rain forest in which the population changed from 60,000
to 350,000 in 40 years
3. Animal with the scientific name Bradypus tridactylus
5. Spanish conquistador that named the Amazon River
7. White faced monkey well known for being a common pet
9. Largest rain forest that reaches more than 2 and a
half million miles
11. Three toed sloth's main method of protection
13. Continent on which the Amazon Rain Forest is found
Down
1. Snake that has the fifth largest distribution of all
mainland boas
2. Monkey with a squirrel like body and a lion like main
4. Same as seven across
6. Scientific name of the scarlet macaw
8. Class of the toco toucan
10. Best known toucan of the thirty-seven species
12. Mountains on the edge of the Amazon Rain Forest
14. Scientific name of the emerald tree boa spelled backwards
16. Native people that believe in cutting down the rain
forest for farmland