Rainforests

Tropical Rainforests cover what percentage of the world’s land surface?

• 8%

• 20%

• 50%

• 1%

Choose which one is true...

• Tropical rainforests are normally found in colder climates.

• Tropical rainforests contain about one quarter of the earth’s species.

• Tropical rainforests contain over half of the earth’s species of animals and plants.

The largest rainforest in the world is...

• Borneo

• Amazon

• The Congo

• Daintree

The rainforest canopy is divided into how many layers...

• 3

• 4

• 0

• 5

This layer consists of the tallest trees!

• The forest floor

• The canopy

• The understorey

• The emergent layer

This lowest layer consists of only a few plants and only about 2% of sunlight reaches this level.

• The jungle

• Canopy

• Forest floor

• Understorey

Choose the two(2) that are different types of rainforests.

• Lowland forest

• Moist forest

• Tundra

• Mangrove forest

This type of forest is found near the coastal areas.

• Dry forest

• Mangrove forest

• Canadian forest

• montane forest

Choose two(2) reasons why the rainforest is important.

• It absorbs carbon dioxide and releases oxygen to help stabilize the Earth’s climate.

• It is a habitat for a big part of the Earth’s wildlife and plants species.

• It gives travelers a lot of beautiful places to visit.

• It’s provides nice scenery for artists to use as inspiration

This is one of the leading causes of deforestation...

• Cars

• Logging

• Pollution

• Hot weather