Words In Context

Words in Context

•foliage

Meg found that leafeating insects consumed significantly less foliage in the upper crowns of trees among the sun leaves when compared to the shade leaves in the middle

•foliage: leaves in general

•foraging

The two birds suddenly explode from the tree like a burst of fireworks and go to another tree nearby. Meg thinks that they Lasky, K. (1997)

•foraging: searching

•hoist

The leafcutter ants do their farming in reverse, trudging up to the canopy day and night to cut dime-size disks. They then hoist the pieces overhead and carry them back down to Lasky, K. (1997)

•Hoist: to raise or lift

The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rain Forest Canopy – Written by: Kathryn Lasky – Photographs by: Christopher G. Knight – Harcourt Brace & Company Publishers