1. What is a Rainforest?

2. A rainforest is a forest of tall trees
in an area with year round warm
weather and lots of rain.

3. The temperature in the rainforest
stays about the same all year
long. Rainforest are the wettest
land in the world. Some places
get 32 inches a year.

4. Where are the Rainforests? They
are all over the world. Rainforests
are located around the equator.

5. Rainforests have four parts:
1. Emergent Layers- The tallest trees that stick out
above the rest.
2. Canopy- the top layer of the forest.
3. The understory- the middle layer
4. Forest Floor- Bottom layer.

6. Rainforest have more than half of
the world’s animals and plants.

7. There are five Rainforest in the World. They are the
Amazon Rainforest, African Rainforest, Australian
Rainforest, Central American Rainforests, Southern
Asian Rainforests.

8. African Rainforest is the second
largest Rainforest in the world.

9. The Southern Asia rainforest is
home to the world’s largest
Mangrove forest.

10. The Australian rainforest has
constant wet wind blowing from
the ocean.

11. The Central America Rainforest
has thousands of tropical birds.

12. The Amazon Rainforest is the
world’s largest.

13. What are some of the animals
that live in the Rainforest?

14. Indians live in the Rainforest.

15. The people of the Rainforest are hunters and
gatherers. They grow fruits and vegetables. The
hunt wild pigs, deer, alligators, sloths, and monkeys.

16. The Indians live in houses that
have one room and no walls.

17. Here are some of the plants that
grow in the Rainforest.