Amazing Rain Forests

Amazing Rain Forests

Friday, September 25th 2020

Rain forests are warm, wet forests. They are in countries near the Equator—in Central America, South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia. Rain forests are important. They are homes for millions of animals and plants. The plants here make a lot of the oxygen that people in the world need to live.

A Rain forest has four Parts:

Emergent

In this part, you can see the tops of very tall trees. They are sometimes 60 meters (200 feet) tall! Many different birds, butterflies, and other insects live here.

Canopy

In this part of the forest, the trees have many leaves. Birds, spiders, tree frogs, monkeys, and snakes live here.

Understory 

In this part of the forest, it is dark, wet, and cool. There aren’t many plants. Why? Because plants need light to live. Snakes and lizards live here. Jaguars like to live in this part, too!

Forest floor

In this part, there are many insects and spiders—some spiders are as big as plates! There are many large animals. And people live here, too!

Read. Choose the correct words. 

Multiple Choice

1. Rain forests are in countries _________ from the Equator.

• near

• far

Multiple Choice

2. Plants make a lot of _______________ .

• oxygen

• water

Multiple Choice

3. Plants need _________________ to live.

• light

• oxygen

Multiple Choice

4. Many ____________ live in the top part of the rain forest.

• birds

• leopards

Multiple Choice

5. Many large animals live on the ___________________ .

• tops of trees

• forest floor

Multiple Choice

6. Spiders live on the ___________________ .

• Emergent

• Canopy

• Understory

• Forest floor

Multiple Choice

7. Snakes live in the ___________________ .

• Emergent

• Canopy

• Understory

• Forest floor

Multiple Choice

8. There is no light for plants in the ___________________ .

• Emergent

• Canopy

• Understory

• Forest floor

Multiple Choice

9. You can see the top of the trees in the ___________________ .

• Emergent

• Canopy

• Understory

• Forest floor

Multiple Choice

10. You can see jaguars in the ___________________ .

• Emergent

• Canopy

• Understory

• Forest floor