1. In the boreal forest, in taiga, the needle-shaped leaves of conifers are virtually inedible. So this forest supports very little life in winter………………...………………....………………....………………..T/F

2. This vast taiga forest circulating the globe contains a third of all the trees on Earth & produces so much oxygen that it changes the composition of the atmosphere……………………....………………....………………………T/F

3. The broadleaf forests are bustling with life in summer……………T/F

4. In winter the inhabitants of a broadleaf forest must migrate, hibernate or starve......………………....………………....………………....……………T/F

5. The are only 400 amur leopards left in the wild & the number is falling by means of hunting & destroying the habitats…………………....…………….T/F

6. The tilt of the Earth axis creates seasons……………………………..T/F

7. There are tropical parts of the world where there are no seasons……T/F

8. Tropical forest covers only 3% of the planet surface but it contains more than 50% of all its plants & animals………………………....………………..T/F

9. Less than 22% of the sunlight reaches the floor of the tropical rainforest but even here there is extraordinary variety……………………....………………T/F

10. In the great island of New Guinea there are 32 different species of birds of paradise each more bizarre than the last…………………...........……………T/F

keys
1T,
2T,
3T,
4T,
5F (40 leopards, not 400), 
6T,
7T,
8T,
9F (2%, not 22%), 		10F (42 species, not 32)